26 Feb, 2021 Old MacDonald had a farm...and a live-streaming channel - China tech goes rural! By Alex Roberts Having written last week about the "E" in ESG (Environment, Social and Governance), I enjoyed the article below which focusses on the "S"...
23 Feb, 2021 The time is now: CMA will not wait for new powers to tackle Big Tech By Verity Egerton-Doyle The CMA’s CEO, Dr Andrea Coscelli, has told the FT that the CMA intends to use its new and expanded post-Brexit jurisdiction to take a...
18 Feb, 2021 EV as 1, 2, 3 By Alex Roberts With the amount of capital flowing into and around the Chinese’s electric vehicle market – now the largest in the world – anyone would...
15 Feb, 2021 ESG vs Big Tech: an (ox)tale of two halves By Alex Roberts Our cross-practice examination of some of the expected themes for 2021 predicts environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will...
12 Feb, 2021 Ever increasing regulatory scrutiny and complexity for tech, as the CMA publishes its refreshed Digital Markets Strategy By Verity Egerton-Doyle The CMA has this week published a “February 2021 refresh” on its Digital Markets Strategy of 2019. The update reflects the “significant...
11 Feb, 2021 Hong Kong Data Protection landscape – reform back on the agenda By Albert Yuen Eunice Lee This time last year the Hong Kong Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) set out 6 major proposed reforms in a paper...
09 Feb, 2021 U.S. Senate focused on antitrust in digital markets with new legislative proposals By John Eichlin Recent proposals by the new Democratic leadership of the Senate for reform of U.S. antitrust enforcement could have a significant impact...
05 Feb, 2021 Tough times for platform operators? - Federal Government approves extensive reform of German copyright law By Lisa Bauer On 3 February 2021, the Federal Cabinet approved a draft law to implement the "biggest European copyright reform of the last twenty...
02 Feb, 2021 Tech firms set for greater scrutiny over their use of algorithms, as the CMA says they reduce competition and harm consumers By Verity Egerton-Doyle Jonathan Ford In the latest move in the CMA's continuing crack down on digital markets, the CMA has now made clear that it believes more work needs to...
01 Feb, 2021 Digital Markets Act: variations on the theme of competition policy By William Leslie The European Commission’s Digital Markets Act proposal is set to reshape how digital businesses operate in Europe and reset the rules of...