12/20/2021 12:15:10 PM Regulating the metaverse – a day in the life By James Smethurst John Risness Emily Smith We imagine a day in the life of a regulator tasked with patrolling the financial services industry in the metaverse. My flying unicorn...
12/20/2021 9:55:34 AM Whose copyright is it anyway? UK Court of Appeal hands down guidance on employee-generated IP ownership By Taybah Siddiqi Hannah Family The UK Court of Appeal has issued a judgment on the ownership of copyright in works created by an employee in the course of his...
12/17/2021 12:04:03 PM Singapore’s Technology, Infrastructure and Construction List – a new global forum for the resolution of major project disputes? By Jon Gilbert Gabriel Wang The Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) recently announced the creation of a specialised Technology, Infrastructure and...
12/17/2021 9:44:34 AM Digital operational resilience: Council and Parliament have their say on the regulation to critical ICT service providers By Alicia Hildner Eugene McQuaid Alexander Glos The Digital Operational Resilience Act (or DORA as it is known in EU policy circles) was one of the flagship legislative initiatives...
12/16/2021 11:24:39 AM Does the metaverse provide a usecase for central bank digital currency? By Claire Harrop What is the point of central bank digital currency (CBDC) if digital payments can already be made easily, efficiently, securely and...
12/14/2021 11:59:17 AM Amazon fined €1.1bn in Italy for abuse of dominant position By Gian Luca Zampa Ermelinda Spinelli Luca Casiraghi On 9 December the Italian Antitrust Authority (IAA) hit Amazon with a record fine of €1.1 bn for abuse of dominant position in the...
12/13/2021 5:52:01 PM Tackling the global challenges of digital markets – key issues from the G7 competition authorities meeting in London By Ana Bruggink Daniel Wylde Sarah Jensen Konstantin Bondarenko Alessandra Galea +2 more... Show less The UK hosted the summit of the G7 competition authorities as part of its 2021 G7 Presidency. Delegates from the competition authorities...
12/10/2021 1:45:31 PM Revised definitions for critical infrastructure broaden scope of German FDI screening By Uwe Salaschek Frank Röhling Juliane Hilf Vanessa van Weelden Ole Schley Tristan Kalenborn +3 more... Show less On 1 January 2022, an amendment to the statutory definitions of critical infrastructure in Germany will enter into force. The...
12/9/2021 6:16:27 PM DHS Continues Expanding Cybersecurity Regulations to New Sectors By Brock Dahl Rachel Johnson The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently announced two new security directives and additional voluntary guidance for...
12/9/2021 12:06:22 PM Worklife2.0 – EU releases its package on better protection for platform workers By Jean-Francois Gerard Holly Insley Raquel Flórez Laura Llangozi Amy Rentell +2 more... Show less The EU Commission published its long-awaited platform workers proposals on Thursday 9 December. This is an important milestone in a very...
11/29/2021 11:33:52 AM Tax matters podcast: Digital taxes and trade wars – will the OECD/G20 agreement bring tax peace? By Brin Rajathurai Katharina Kubik Lorand Bartels Joshua Critchlow +1 more... Show less In recent years, the US has watched the spread of unilateral digital taxes across the world with concern, seeing them as unfairly...
11/22/2021 10:29:49 AM What is DeFi? By Claire Harrop John Risness Justin Kwik The term decentralised finance, or DeFi, has been mentioned increasingly in the media. In this post, we take a look at what it is and how...