7/14/2025 9:13:06 AM Hong Kong Proposes New Licences for Virtual Assets Dealing and Custody By Carl Fernandes Kishore Bhindi Natalie Lam Clara Hackney +1 more... Show less The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission have jointly issued two public consultations;...
7/10/2025 10:26:01 AM New EU guidance: Automotive players can collectively negotiate licenses for technologies protected by Standard Essential Patents By William Leslie Schweta Batohi Marilena Nteve Théo Mayer +1 more... Show less BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and ThyssenKrupp have received the European Commission’s blessing to collectively negotiate patent...
7/9/2025 9:17:01 AM UK & EU Fintech and payments regulation update – July 2025 By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Simon Treacy Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy +3 more... Show less In this monthly update, we summarise the latest legal and regulatory developments for firms in the payments sector. We also publish...
7/9/2025 9:09:03 AM Asia Fintech and Payments regulatory update - June 2025 By Peiying Chua Alex Roberts Teguh Arwiko Gabriella Savastano +1 more... Show less Welcome to the Linklaters Asia Fintech and Payments regulatory update for June 2025 – a horizon scan where we flag key updates for...
7/9/2025 8:49:28 AM Tech Legal Outlook 2025: Mid-Year Update By Jennifer Calver Clare Murray We are delighted to launch the Tech Legal Outlook 2025: Mid-Year Update. This latest edition considers some of the key trends across the...
7/8/2025 8:31:06 PM Final pieces of DORA rulebook fall into place By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy In the last couple of years EU financial entities have been busy implementing the Digital Operational Resilience Act. DORA started to...
7/3/2025 9:45:35 AM Enforcement of the UK’s Online Safety Act: where are we? By Ben Packer Rebecca Dickie Annabel Rodgers Endersby Ofcom, the UK’s online safety regulator has kicked off enforcement under the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA)– what can we learn from...
6/26/2025 4:32:08 PM FCA criticises how e-money and payments firms manage risk By Harry Eddis Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority has called on UK payments firms to improve their compliance arrangements. It follows a review which has...
6/23/2025 12:22:48 PM Tech Legal Outlook 2025 - Mid-Year Update: Round-up of developments in AI regulations in key regions By Ieuan Jolly Alex Roberts Sonia Cissé Julian Cunningham-Day Jennifer Calver Elton Qemali +3 more... Show less Given the fast moving pace of all things AI related, ahead of the launch of our Tech Legal Outlook 2025, Mid-Year Update, we take stock...
6/20/2025 1:34:10 PM MiCA and payment services: No dual authorisation for stablecoins required (for now...) By Marius Raetz James Morris Dr Clemens Boehm Transactions involving electronic money tokens ('EMTs') are subject to both payment services and crypto-asset regulation, which gives...
6/19/2025 4:21:49 PM Tech Legal Outlook 2025 - Mid-Year Update: Tech M&A and investment show resilience in a volatile market By Elena Rubinov Niranjan Arasaratnam Lisa Chang Clare Murray +1 more... Show less The tech sector remains the most targeted sector for M&A by value and volume and global tech M&A and investment grew in 2024 and early...
6/18/2025 5:32:35 PM Tech Legal Outlook 2025 - Mid-Year Update: GENIUS Act on stablecoins clears U.S. Senate - all eyes now on House of Representatives By Joshua Klayman Jeffrey Cohen Douglas Donahue David Lucking John Hwang Zila Acosta Grimes +3 more... Show less The Senate’s passage (68 to 30, with strong bipartisan support) of the GENIUS Act marks a massive step forward towards clarity in U.S....
6/17/2025 1:13:46 PM Consumer deep dive: Understanding drip pricing under the DMCC By Helen Crossley Matthew Flanagan Kim Rust In the third of a series of deep dives, we focus on drip pricing under the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act, the CMA’s...
6/13/2025 4:11:51 PM EU seeks input on high-risk AI rules By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The European Commission’s AI Office has opened a survey on high-risk AI systems. Feedback will inform guidelines on the practical...
6/13/2025 3:04:06 PM UK Finance response to review of payments insolvency regime By Richard Hay Rory Conway Simon Treacy Francesca Mitchell +1 more... Show less Linklaters was pleased to work alongside Osborne Clarke LLP on UK Finance’s submission to the independent review of PESAR, the Payment...
6/9/2025 4:32:30 PM AI: Check your cites? Read the cases…the Ayinde judgment By Peter Church Artificial intelligence tools play an increasingly important role in the delivery of legal services. However, these tools create...