30 Dec, 2022 Big Data allows big opinions: China reiterates its expansive data strategies By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke On 19 December, China released a national policy paper describing its vision for a database system whose structured elements should...
28 Dec, 2022 Ready, set, go! China's certification regime for cross-border data transfers is about to run By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke The National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee of China (TC260) issued the final iteration of version 2.0 of the...
23 Dec, 2022 Where do we go from here? Reactions to recommended U.S. crypto market regulation By Oscar Saunders In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Jay Clayton, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Timothy...
22 Dec, 2022 Accurately describe how your crypto token is backed - or face the boot By Duncan Campbell In a two-for-one, the Upper Tribunal used its decision in Moneybrain to weigh in on two important regulatory themes: more stringent...
20 Dec, 2022 What if the business got its legal advice from a robot? By Richard Cumbley Peter Church This year has seen generative AI tools reach the mainstream. It started with DALL-E, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney generating stunning...
15 Dec, 2022 Singapore High Court grants injunction in respect of an NFT against an anonymous party By Clara Tung Millicent Sparrow 2022 has been somewhat of a rollercoaster year for the crypto - and particularly the NFT - markets. However amongst the market turmoil...
13 Dec, 2022 DMA Insights Series #2: Putting flesh on the DMA’s bones: draft Implementing Regulation out for feedback By William Leslie Gerwin Van Gerven Pierre Zelenko The EU's Digital Markets Act's long-awaited draft implementing regulation was published on Friday. This comes on the heels of the DMA’s...
07 Dec, 2022 DMA Insight #1: Timeline for the Digital Markets Act By William Leslie Federico Dante De Falco The European Commission’s recently introduced Digital Markets Act (DMA) is set to reshape how digital businesses operate in Europe and...
07 Dec, 2022 Digitalisation of the public sector: Who is doing it well and why? By Adrian Fisher In our new paper, co-authored by Microsoft and Linklaters, “Building Blocks for a Successful Digital Transformation Strategy”, we share...
06 Dec, 2022 Financial promotions gateway to pose problem for crypto firms By Connie Faith James Morris Incoming restrictions on financial promotions will curtail how cryptoasset firms advertise in the UK. FCA consultation The FCA has...
05 Dec, 2022 The UK’s Online Safety Bill: what you need to know about the latest changes By Jemma Purslow Ben Packer Following a summer where its fate appeared to hang in the balance, the UK’s long-awaited flagship online safety legislation is now back...
02 Dec, 2022 AI Act, DGA, Data Act, NISD2 … our Handbook, your map to the EU’s new digital regulation By Guillaume Couneson Peter Church The recent blizzard of new digital regulation laws from the EU Commission certainly makes the digital highways increasingly treacherous...
28 Nov, 2022 Embracing the alternative - certification regime for cross-border data transfers By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke Under the Personal Information Protection Law, there are three methods to transfer personal information from mainland China to overseas:...
24 Nov, 2022 Bringing out the bazooka: UK’s competition authority launches its first market investigation in the tech sector By Verity Egerton-Doyle Erasmia Petousi Earlier this week, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) made a market investigation reference in relation to mobile browsers...
17 Nov, 2022 A digital regulation (re)awakening: CMA's Digital Markets Unit set to get legal standing By Linklaters Today's Autumn Statement from the UK Chancellor has been making headlines for many reasons, as the Government attempts to stabilize the...
10 Nov, 2022 Switching the ring light for the spotlight – CMA publishes guidance on consumer law compliance for social media endorsements By Kim Rust The CMA has recently published guidance for social media platforms, brands, and content creators to try to ensure that paid-for online...