31 Oct, 2022 Singapore: Lion City set to get tough on online harms By Yang Fan Clara Tung Alex Roberts On 3 October 2022, the Singapore Government tabled a bill seeking to introduce requirements for online service providers, and in...
26 Oct, 2022 The growing importance of operational resilience By Sumit Indwar Simon Treacy Six months since the UK operational resilience rules started to apply, Sumit Indwar hosted a panel on the growing importance of...
26 Oct, 2022 FCA seeks views on the competition impact from Big Tech firms’ entry into retail financial services By Jonathan Ford Simon Treacy Stephen Clipsham With the increasing prevalence of Big Tech firms in UK financial services and their potential to expand further, the FCA has published a...
24 Oct, 2022 Don’t forget about competition just because it’s not a killer robot: CMA responds to DCMS’s paper on AI regulation By Verity Egerton-Doyle Cherie Chen This summer the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) proposed a "light touch” approach to AI regulation, aiming for...
21 Oct, 2022 Another bullet to dodge for tech M&A? EU Advocate General opines unreviewed deals can be pursued as abuse of dominance By Verity Egerton-Doyle Kim Rust Acquisitions which escape merger control can be tackled by abuse of dominance enforcement, according to a recent non-binding opinion by...
20 Oct, 2022 Ofcom’s warning to online platforms: be ready for regulation By Jemma Purslow Ben Packer While the UK waits to see what the Government intends to do with the Online Safety Bill, Ofcom has been busily fulfilling its role as the...
17 Oct, 2022 Custody rule dilemmas in DeFi investing: Regulations struggle to address the role of smart contracts By Oscar Saunders As a new member of the U.S. investment funds team and Linklaters' global fintech initiative, I am thrilled to have authored an article...
10 Oct, 2022 Better together? European Commission publishes final guidelines on how competition rules apply to gig economy workers By Linklaters The European Commission has published its final guidelines on the application of EU competition rules to collective agreements regarding...
06 Oct, 2022 Classification of platform workers: Belgium ahead of the forthcoming European framework By Jennifer Granado Aranzana Whether people working through platforms have to be classified as employees or self-employed is a question that continues to absorb court...
04 Oct, 2022 The EU addresses non-contractual liability issues in AI By Guillaume Couneson Gert-Jan Hendrix Jasper Bellon As it continues to build out its world leading digital reform package, the European Commission has proposed a new AI Liability Directive....