30 Jun, 2022 The outlook for US-China tech rivalry By Alex Roberts Global markets continue to be impacted by rulemaking that seeks to decouple the US and China’s technological dependences. However, it...
30 Jun, 2022 Are China's new Binding Corporate Rules set to take centre-stage? Or do we let the bullets fly? By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke Even before cinemas in Shanghai seek to reopen from lockdown next week, the stars of a metaphorical string of summer blockbusters in...
29 Jun, 2022 The outlook for AI regulation By Jennifer Calver Caitlin Potratz Metcalf As businesses increasingly seek to leverage the huge potential of AI including for improved customer engagement and operational...
29 Jun, 2022 A quantum-enabled future: legal and regulatory aspects of quantum technology By Nicholas Puschman The current rate of technological development and investment suggests that quantum technology is likely to have a fundamental impact on...
29 Jun, 2022 The outlook for tech sector and workplace activism By Laurie Ollivent Avid readers of our EmploymentLinks client blog will already have seen some of our commentary on workplace activism. In our latest...
27 Jun, 2022 Net zero tech investment outlook By Linklaters 2021 was a year of record-breaking tech growth – one of record global tech investment, deal-making, and unicorns. While this momentum...
27 Jun, 2022 What has been the impact of the UK’s foreign investment regime? By Linklaters Almost five months have passed since the UK’s National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) took effect, introducing a hybrid...
27 Jun, 2022 English High Court suggests NFTs can be legal property, presaging battles to come By James Phoenix A recent High Court judgment in Osbourne v Persons Unknown & Anor strongly suggests the English courts are open to treating NFTs as...
23 Jun, 2022 Abuse of dominance and related rights – French Competition Authority accepts commitments proposed by Google By Violette Grac-Aubert Anne Dos On 21 June, in its decision n°22-D-13, the French Competition Authority (FCA) has accepted commitments proposed by Google and has...
21 Jun, 2022 Singapore and China enter new MOUs to cooperate on green development and digital economy By Amy Ding Alex Roberts Gilly Hutchinson On 13 June 2022, Singapore and China committed to jointly boosting the development of their green and digital economies by signing two...
21 Jun, 2022 US-China Tech: Between an IT rock and a hard place By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke Report to whom? Competing security vulnerability rules of the US and China On 26 May 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)...
20 Jun, 2022 UK begins now to regulate later: Further updates on BNPL By Frances Hodgkins The UK has confirmed plans to strengthen the regulation of interest-free buy-now, pay-later arrangements. The announcement comes in the...
16 Jun, 2022 Payment firms take note: the FCA's Consumer Duty applies to you too! By Frances Hodgkins Simon Treacy The FCA is still finalising its rules in relation to the Consumer Duty, but many firms have already started preparing for its...
14 Jun, 2022 Is China’s “ISO 27001” here? By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke China data security management certification myths dispelled A question that many organisations whose business operations rely heavily on...
13 Jun, 2022 Platforms and publishers: Rebalancing the relationship through an Australian style principles-based code? By Kim Rust While the timing for legislation to give the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit (DMU) a legislative footing and additional powers is uncertain,...
13 Jun, 2022 New CBIRC Consumer Protection Rules Coming Soon By Colette Pan Having sought industry comments back in July 2021, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) released an updated...