Jul 31, 2023 Mid-Year Trends in Global M&A Litigation: Digital assets, AI and ESG in the Crosshairs By Joshua Klayman Lev Loukhton Lillian Childress As of mid-year 2023, clear trends in M&A disputes have emerged globally, with disputes involving disruptive technologies and services –...
Jul 28, 2023 China’s Central Bank releases draft data security measures By Colette Pan Alex Roberts Jennifer Wu Ruoyi Lu +1 more... Show less China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China or PBoC, released a set of draft administrative measures on data security management...
Jul 19, 2023 A pivotal year for online safety - a look ahead to the key developments to expect in the rest of 2023 and beyond By Ben Packer Jemma Purslow Rebecca Dickie Naomi Ugoh +1 more... Show less There has been much discussion across the globe over the past couple of years regarding the need to improve safety online. 2023 is the...
Jul 18, 2023 DMA Insight #7: More bricks in the wall: the DMA compliance report and merger notification form By William Leslie As Europe slips into Summer break, the Commission has been putting the final administrative touches to its procedures under its new...
Jul 18, 2023 FCA guidance on financial promotions and social media By Olivia Murphy The FCA has launched a consultation on its proposed guidance explaining how financial promotion requirements apply to promotions on...
Jul 17, 2023 Spanish data regulator changes approach and requires a “reject” button in cookie banners By Ceyhun Pehlivan Elena Valín The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has recently updated its cookie guidance, now requiring a "reject" button in the first layer of...
Jul 17, 2023 Testing how the (third party) cookie will crumble: lessons from the CMA’s quantitative testing guidance on Google's Privacy Sandbox By Verity Egerton-Doyle Peter Church Erasmia Petousi Back in 2021, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened an abuse of dominance investigation into Google’s plans to phase...
Jul 14, 2023 China’s first generative AI regulation unveiled: Are there positive signals for the emerging technology under global scrutiny? By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke Ruoyi Lu China's internet watchdog – the Cyberspace Administration of China – and six other PRC authorities yesterday jointly issued the...
Jul 13, 2023 Gaming series #7: Global data flow in the games sector By Alex Roberts Jennifer Calver Tiantian Ke Ruoyi Lu +1 more... Show less Games companies are rapidly expanding their reach to virtually (pun intended) every corner of the globe. The games industry has replaced...
Jul 13, 2023 “We Have No Moat”; the impact of surging generative AI on evidence in litigation and investigations By James Phoenix A leaked memo, published in May and allegedly originating from a researcher within Google, starts with the line “We Have No Moat And...
Jul 12, 2023 The UK’s Online Safety Bill: Ofcom’s updated roadmap to regulation – ready and raring to go? By Ben Packer Jemma Purslow As the UK’s long-awaited flagship online safety legislation makes its way through the final stages of the parliamentary process, Ofcom...
Jul 11, 2023 GBA exemption: Is data to become China’s next bubble? By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke Jasmine Yung Ruoyi Lu +1 more... Show less The Cyberspace Administration of China and Hong Kong SAR’s Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau signed an MOU on 29 June 2023 that...
Jul 11, 2023 UK launches Future of Payments Review By Olivia Murphy The UK Government has launched an independent review into the future of payments. What is the review? According to its terms of...
Jul 07, 2023 Regulating ChatGPT and the Metaverse for social good: How do China’s first-ever deepfake rules affect AI governance By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke In line with the global buzz around ChatGPT, mainland China has been taking rapid leaps in AI regulation and governance in recent years....
Jul 06, 2023 Spanish EU presidency and the AI Act By Ceyhun Pehlivan Elena Valín The Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU has just started. Spain aims to reach a deal on the AI Act before the end of 2023. In...
Jul 05, 2023 Gaming Series #6: Navigating the legal maze - Decoding the intricacies of Intellectual Property in video games By Laetitia Nicolazzi Pauline Debré Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are the main assets of video game companies and form the backbone of the video game sector. It is...