30 Mar, 2021 2 + 5 = Tech! By Alex Roberts China’s Two Sessions were held in Beijing earlier this month. As mainland China’s most important political meetings each year, the Two...
30 Mar, 2021 Fintech Growth Fund: closing the funding gap for Fintechs By Derek Tong The fintech sector in UK is on the precipice of change. Whilst there is plenty of opportunity to be seized, on the flip side, UK Fintechs...
29 Mar, 2021 UK case deems Bitcoin to be "property" in a traditional take on the law By Michael Munk It might have been around for over a decade but Bitcoin is still in the news and - as with cryptoassets generally - continues to pose...
26 Mar, 2021 Data Wars – the saga continues – in Luxembourg! By Ingo Klauss David-Julien dos Santos Goncalves From a legal perspective, there have been better times for operating an online platform or social media network. Operators of such...
23 Mar, 2021 Germany is planning a nationwide network of EV fast-charging points – What’s in it for investors? By Linklaters The proposed Fast Charging Law (Schnellladegesetz) will set the framework for tendering thousands of fast-charging points in Germany in a...
17 Mar, 2021 When does a digital platform’s “best price guarantee” become a competition problem? By Verity Egerton-Doyle Dasha Konnova In late 2020, the CMA issued the first substantial fine to an insurance price comparison website for price parity clauses, heralding a...
16 Mar, 2021 Why tech companies need to worry about the FCA too By Ben Packer Before a Parliamentary Select Committee on 1 March 2021, the head of a UK regulator called for search engines and social media to take...
11 Mar, 2021 A step towards the pipe dream: UK regulators promise closer cooperation on tech By Verity Egerton-Doyle Last week, we wrote about the challenges that the patchwork of complex regulation poses for businesses operating in the tech sector. We...
04 Mar, 2021 Clash of the regulators: is a coherent approach to tech regulation just a pipe dream? By Verity Egerton-Doyle Olivia Hagyard Ben Packer How to regulate the sprawling digital economy is amongst the key policy questions of our age. Many UK regulators have a claim on at least...