29 Dec, 2020 A rose by any other name would smell as sweet By Linklaters Nice to see an overdue elevation to full Division status after 25 years for the SEC's examinations team (the artists formerly known as OCIE)
23 Dec, 2020 Survival of the fittest (fintechs) By Alex Roberts Granted, 2020 has not been an easy year. However, global lockdowns and social distancing measures have led to a rapid quickening in the...
23 Dec, 2020 A new regulatory regime for Big Tech: the CMA's Digital Taskforce Advice (Part 1) By Verity Egerton-Doyle Siobhan Magee On 8 December, the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) Digital Markets Taskforce (DMT), published its advice to the UK...
16 Dec, 2020 A single market for tech giants By Bernd Meyring Yesterday, the European Commission released its proposed Digital Markets Act. The proposal has been long awaited and fiercely debated...
15 Dec, 2020 UK Government announces final proposals for regulating online harms By Ben Packer For several years, concern has grown around the harm caused by online content: from material promoting terrorism to disinformation, from...
08 Dec, 2020 Brexit and German Foreign Investment Control By Christoph Barth As talks between the EU and the UK government are coming down to the wire and a Brexit trade deal hangs in the balance over issues such...
04 Dec, 2020 China tech goes island hopping By Alex Roberts With US-China geopolitical tensions, Covid-19 travel restrictions, etc., many “North Asia” commentators assume that big pharma, advanced...
03 Dec, 2020 It happened again… 2nd prohibition decision in German foreign investment control By Christoph Barth 2020 is and remains the hottest year in foreign investment control to date. We have seen a range of reforms over the past months and 60%...
02 Dec, 2020 Nokia to deploy 4G network on the Moon By Danny Greenland If you needed a compact and near-indestructible communications system for a high-stakes mission to an inhospitable new world, where else...