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Private equity goes to Hollywood: when investing in media content production became hype

Private equity goes to Hollywood

Even in a downturn, private equity money picks Hollywood as a smart bet. Investment firms now view star-driven production banners (and major soundstages) as a long-term play in a crowded content marketplace. How did this happen? Why the sudden change of heart, since finance people had previously always viewed investing in media content production a…

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Loot boxes in video games: self-regulation or legislation, that is the question

Loot boxes

On the back of the Star Wars Battlefront 2 debacle in 2017, many European regulators, including the UK and French ones, have started to take an increasingly scrutinising and judging stance, on loot boxes offered for purchase to children and young persons who play video games. Why are loot boxes potentially dangerous? What are the…

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Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster blocked on antitrust grounds: the rise – and rise – of interventionism in global M&As

Penguin Random House's acquisition of Simon & Schuster

Back in 2020, Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster seemed a given, to all insiders from the book publishing industry. Well, they changed their tune in November 2021, when the US department of justice filed a lawsuit to block the deal. And won. Why did the Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon &…

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Ben & Jerry’s v Unilever: legal challenge based on the acquisition agreement after disagreement on Israel

Ben & Jerry's v Unilever

The post-acquisition honeymoon phase is definitely over, between Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever. The ineluctable fallout had been bubbling below the surface for some time. This is a clear message that ‟status quo” positions, on very serious political issues such as human rights’ and international law breaches by Israel in Palestine, are…

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Druet v Cattelan: a missed opportunity to capitalise on the legal framework for collaborative art works

Druet v Cattelan

It’s the story of a baffling legal case, where neither of the parties come out on top, having lost either reputation, or money, or both, in the process. Daniel Druet lost an occasion to make a splash in the art world, because his statement of claims was extremely poorly drafted and badly structured. Emmanuel Perrotin…

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