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Christopher Robinson Cyrus Pocha Laura Feldman

September 30, 2020

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The intensity of regulatory scrutiny of AML and crypto-assets in the UK

As envisaged in its 2019/20 Business Plan, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to extend its financial crime...

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Will Thomas Helen Buchanan Rohit Bhat

September 29, 2020

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Vodafone succeeds in US$2.7bn tax arbitration against India

An arbitral tribunal has unanimously held that India’s imposition of a US$2.7bn tax on Vodafone, which includes more than US$1bn in...

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September 28, 2020

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Part II: Section 230 and Proposals for Revision – Some Critical Commentary on Executive Branch Updates

Yesterday we reviewed the history of Section 230, which has provided online platforms safe harbor from liability over content posted by...

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Jillian Simons Peter Jaffe Menachem Kaplan Xanthia Hargreaves

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September 25, 2020

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Part I: The History and Evolution of Section 230

“Section 230” is a buzz word of late—heard on the Hill, on Pennsylvania Avenue, and now in the (virtual) board rooms of companies that...

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Janina Heinz Alexander Glos

September 25, 2020

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Digital operational resilience: EU extends financial services regulation to critical ICT service providers – a tighter grip on 'big tech'?

On 24 September 2020, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) published a legislative proposal to address digital operational...

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Ben Cohen

September 25, 2020

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Can AI be an inventor? Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon?

The English High Court has upheld a UK IPO ruling that an AI machine cannot be an inventor under UK patent law. As AI continues to change...

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Daniel Klingenbrunn Markus Benzing

September 25, 2020

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15 observations on the Commission's proposal for a European crypto-assets framework

On 24 September 2020, the European Commission published its digital finance strategy, which includes a comprehensive framework for...

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Eva Schneider Miriam Broucek Eugene McQuaid Natalie Pettinger Kearney

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September 24, 2020

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EU unveils the Fintech Action Plan 2.0 – with financial innovation at its heart

On 24 September, the European Commission ('the Commission') published the follow-up to its 2018 Fintech Action Plan, which encompasses...

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Elliot Friedman Thomas Walsh Sofia Klot

September 23, 2020

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Protecting Against Mistreatment by Foreign Governments: TikTok and The World of Investment Treaties

The technology sector is increasingly in the crosshairs of foreign and domestic regulators. As is well known, the Trump administration...

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Rikki Haria Caroline Chew James Aitken Sharon Malhi

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September 21, 2020

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Taboola/Outbrain: the UK competition authority takes the centre stage on another global deal

Businesses undertaking global M&A have recently been given another stark reminder of the increasingly important role played by the...

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Peter Jaffe

September 17, 2020

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Are we being too hard on HAL? Some thoughts on the legal need for "explainable" artificial intelligence.

Do we really need to psychoanalyze robots? The conventional wisdom is that we do. As artificial intelligence plays a bigger role in our...

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Maren Tamke

September 15, 2020

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Revision of the EU distribution rules: another milestone reached – Commission publishes results of its evaluation

It has already been quite a journey and there is still some way to go, but an important milestone has been reached. The European...

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Gian Luca Zampa Ermelinda Spinelli Roberta Laghi Martin Dickson

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September 10, 2020

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Regulating the (quasi-)regulators? The European Commission’s proposal for a digital gatekeeper regulation

While 2019 was the year in which competition authorities sought to deepen their understanding of digital markets through academic...

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Peter Jaffe

September 9, 2020

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And so goes the Swiss-US Privacy Shield

Yesterday, the Swiss data protection authority followed the EEA’s recent Schrems II judgment invalidating the Privacy Shield mechanism...

September 7, 2020

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Autonomous driving in Japan – part 2: data protection law

In the not-too-distant future, the amount of data that an autonomous vehicle generates, processes, transfers and stores will be...

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