May 28, 2021 Antitrust complaint against Amazon highlights patchwork approach to US tech enforcement By John Eichlin The attorney general for the District of Columbia Karl Racine recently announced a new antitrust complaint against Amazon over de facto...
May 28, 2021 Surge in China high-tech investment - let us guide you on how to get involved By Alex Roberts Colette Pan We have also seen a continued opening up of the mainland Chinese market to foreign investment over the last year and mainland China has...
May 27, 2021 The future for the UK's fintech sector #1 - 5 key themes from the Kalifa Review By Fionnghuala Griggs I recently hosted a client webinar with a panel of colleagues looking at the future for the UK's fintech sector. See this video clip from...
May 26, 2021 FOMO investing: is regulation ready? By Pansy Wong After all the attention Reddit users trading Gamestop gave to so-called "meme stocks" earlier this year, it seems that now crypto...
May 25, 2021 Can regulators foster competition and data protection at the same time in digital markets? The UK says so By Juliane Guderian While data protection and competition policy are often viewed as creating tension between their respective policy objectives, a...
May 25, 2021 You have been warned: the FCA’s messages to banks and social media about online scams By Ben Packer The proliferation of online scams and frauds won’t be news to anyone: we’ve all seen the online adverts, received the text messages and...
May 24, 2021 Can't wait for the Snyder Cut of this interagency team-up in US crypto By Linklaters In recent US Congressional testimony on oversight of depository institutions, Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu teased the prospect of...
May 19, 2021 EU takes a human centric approach to regulation of AI By Linklaters With its new legislative proposal for a regulation on AI, the EU is seeking to tackle the challenge of Artificial Intelligence head on:...
May 19, 2021 You're an e-money firm - not a bank! By Linklaters Following the well-publicised failure of Premier FX, the FCA continues to be concerned that e-money firms are marketing themselves as an...
May 17, 2021 Cyber threat – falling to the DarkSide By Linklaters No sector is immune If the cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline was a wakeup call, then someone is sleeping too soundly. Ransomware attacks...
May 14, 2021 Selling goods and services on credit? You might want to do a spring clean on your credit-broking activities. By Linklaters We are all familiar with the interest-free or low-cost credit offers used to entice us towards that larger purchase whether it is a new...
May 13, 2021 A new foreign investment regime for the UK - implications for tech acquisitions By Jonathan Ford As explained in our recent LinkingForeignInvestment post, the UK's National Security and Investment Act 2021, which has now passed into...
May 12, 2021 Draft UK Online Safety Bill published By Jemma Purslow The UK government will today publish its long awaited draft Online Safety Bill. This comes only weeks after English football's boycott of...
May 10, 2021 How power-needy is Bitcoin? By Linklaters Please use some brainpower (perhaps 12 watts) to give this thought-provoking article a review. While energy consumed by mining has no...
May 04, 2021 China's key data laws get closer to launch By Alex Roberts Businesses have been eagerly (or apprehensively, depending on their point of view) awaiting the revised drafts of the seminal Personal...