Work Area: Transactions
Google acquires 28 million users’ data in Fitbit deal
Google’s acquisition of health tracker company Fitbit has come with a promise that Google will not use Fitbit users’ health data for advertising purposes – but data nevertheless appears to be a main driver behind the deal.
05 November 2019
Satellite deal to pass with cybersecurity conditions
The UK’s government’s clearance of a $3.4 billion (€3.1 billion) takeover of satellite communications company Inmarsat is conditioned on the company changing its cybersecurity programme.
31 October 2019
iTunes data-sharing lawsuit dismissed
A San Francisco federal judge has ruled that a putative class of plaintiffs failed to show that Apple actually shared their iTunes data, but gave the plaintiffs leave to seek permission to amend their complaint.
29 October 2019
Telefónica fights data supply lawsuit
Telefónica has denied claims that it breached a contract with phone retailer Carphone Warehouse by failing to supply hundreds of thousands of customers’ data.
25 October 2019
Satellite deal faces UK cybersecurity conditions
A consortium of investors buying out satellite communications operator Inmarsat has offered to enhance the target company’s cybersecurity programme following UK national security concerns.
10 October 2019
Experts unpack data deals and pitfalls
A medical device company’s in-house counsel has shone a light on a “data play” acquisition that saw his employer buy a chain of hospitals – in a session that also saw counsel to the buyer in Verizon/Yahoo! touch on negotiations that followed the discovery of the enormous Yahoo! data breach.
25 September 2019
Microsoft counsel urges AI data sharing
A Microsoft in-house counsel has highlighted the company’s ambition to “democratise” AI data.
23 September 2019
Telefónica sued over customer data supply
A mobile phone retail chain claims telecommunications operator Telefónica’s O2 brand failed to fulfil a contractual obligation to supply data relating to around 196,000 customers.
09 September 2019
Dutch antitrust watchdog orders first-ever access to data remedy
The Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers and Markets has for the first time imposed merger remedies centred on access to data and equal access to a digital platform.
02 September 2019
Google and Chicago hospital defend data-sharing deal
Google and a Chicago hospital say a lead plaintiff to a putative class action linked to a data-sharing deal has failed to show the arrangement caused any harm.
28 August 2019