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John is a media and technology lawyer in Baker McKenzie's IP and Technology team. He is ranked as a “rising star” for TMT, and recognised as a key lawyer for Media and Entertainment in the UK by Legal 500. In 2020 John was elected to TechUK’s Data Analytics and AI Leadership Committee.
His practice encompasses a broad range of both contentious and non-contentious aspects of IP, Technology and Commercial law, with a particular focus on copyright, digital media, and new technologies. John writes regularly on these topics and his chapter (with Ben Allgrove), “Enforcement in a digital context: intermediary liability,” was published in Tanya Aplin (Ed.) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Digital Technologies in January 2020. John qualified in 2013 and is based in the London office, having spent 2018 in the San Francisco office. John is heavily involved in the Firm’s tech-focused pro bono work, as well as its social mobility initiatives.
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European Union: The Digital Services Act – What is changing in the world of tech?

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The Digital Services Act imposes wide-ranging and transformative obligations on online intermediaries and platforms. As has been well-publicized over the last few months, the most onerous obligations and tighter deadlines for compliance fall on services designated by the Commission as very large online platforms or very large online search engines. However, all online platforms and online search engines were required to publish information on their user figures earlier this year, and all online intermediaries in scope should be preparing for full compliance in February 2024.