25 Sep, 2024 Payments firms face stricter safeguarding standards By Harry Eddis Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Bethan Poole Simon Treacy Richard Hay Sam Quicke +5 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority has set out its stall to strengthen safeguarding rules for payments and e-money firms. Firms will need to...
17 Sep, 2024 California’s AI safety and transparency bills reach watershed moment By Joshua Klayman Kris Ekdahl Ieuan Jolly Shruti Chopra Caitlin Potratz Metcalf +2 more... Show less Birthplace of some of the biggest players in the AI revolution, California edges closer to approving its contentious AI safety and...
13 Sep, 2024 Roadblocks – when should the essential facilities doctrine apply in EU competition law? By William Leslie Eoin O'Reilly Marilena Nteve Historically, EU competition law has allowed dominant firms to refuse to deal with competitors except in very specific circumstances...
12 Sep, 2024 Esports series #2: The rise of esports: Navigating an evolving legal and regulatory landscape By Tom Cassels Sinziana Ianc Benja Arnott Vivien Li Elio Cunico Salma Shitia Dylan Wyatt +4 more... Show less The growth of esports is most striking in Asia, particularly in China, which has recognized esports as an official sport since 2003 and...
09 Sep, 2024 DMU Insights #9: Mark your calendars - a timeline to implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act By Jonathan Ford Verity Egerton-Doyle Judy Zhao The UK Government has today set out its expected timeline for implementation of the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and...
30 Aug, 2024 China: Time for your data protection compliance audit By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke Ruoyi Lu Derived from an existing high-level requirement under the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) from 2021, data protection...
28 Aug, 2024 Game changer: Managing legal risks in the AI and Web3 powered video gaming revolution By Jennifer Calver Verity Egerton-Doyle Ben Packer Video games have long spearheaded technological innovation, driving advancements that extend far beyond entertainment. The multibillion...
22 Aug, 2024 Let’s just wait and DMCC: the CMA rejects Google commitments on mobile app store practices, preferring its new digital markets powers By Verity Egerton-Doyle James Hunter The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has this week rejected commitments offered by Google to resolve its long-running...
12 Aug, 2024 Australia: Guide to addressing ESG impacts in generative AI deployment | Allens By Jennifer Calver The widespread (and growing) deployment of generative AI across all sectors will have a deep and lasting impact on almost every aspect of...
02 Aug, 2024 A changing landscape: Bank of England’s approach to innovation in money and payments By Simon Treacy Against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving payments landscape, the Bank of England has launched a discussion paper on how it should...
02 Aug, 2024 Hong Kong proposes new copyright exception for text and data mining to facilitate AI adoption By Sher Hann Chua Jasmine Yung Albert Yuen The Hong Kong Government recently launched a two-month public consultation aimed at enhancing the Copyright Ordinance (“CO”) to address...
01 Aug, 2024 UK Court of Appeal overturns High Court ruling on patents for AI By Yohan Liyanage Ian Karet Katie Coltart In a judgment that deals a significant blow to the UK AI industry, the UK Court of Appeal has held that AI inventions comprising...
30 Jul, 2024 The missing DORA technical standard on subcontracting is found By Harry Eddis Raza Naeem James Morris Olivia Murphy +1 more... Show less The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have finalised their much-anticipated technical standard on subcontracting ICT services...
25 Jul, 2024 Performative solidarity: what it means when US, EU and UK antitrust agencies stand together on competition issues in AI By Alexandra Zachmann Verity Egerton-Doyle Jonathan Ford William Leslie John Eichlin +2 more... Show less Earlier this week the antitrust agencies of the US, EU and UK issued a joint statement on competition in generative AI foundation models...
25 Jul, 2024 Focus on critical infrastructure: Hong Kong SAR proposes new cross-sector cybersecurity regime By Albert Yuen Jasmine Yung Eunice Lee Hong Kong is moving closer to releasing an omnibus cybersecurity legislation for critical infrastructure operators (CIO). Based on recent...
22 Jul, 2024 Esports series #1: Esports and Employment Law: Staying ahead of the game By Sinziana Ianc Explore the unique challenges and legal considerations that come with employment in the esports arena. From contracts to workplace...