3/31/2023 10:20:34 AM EU Data Act moves into the final stage - what you should be looking out for? By Theresa Ehlen Christoph Werkmeister Julia Utzerath Eugene McQuaid Pablo Artero Lines Michael Schwaab +3 more... Show less The Data Act was initially proposed by the European Commission in February 2022 as the second legislative pillar of the EU’s Data...
3/23/2023 2:21:01 PM The new DLT Pilot Regime – the start of a new era in securities trading and settlement? By Daniel Klingenbrunn Jan Struckmann Alexander Glos On 23 March 2023, the new DLT Pilot Regime entered into force. This European market infrastructure regulation aims to promote distributed...
3/22/2023 2:53:47 PM Employee data privacy in Asia: untying the knotty issues By Richard Bird Nicola Jones Fan Li We held a webinar for clients with the same title earlier this month. The session attracted one of our highest attendances ever in Asia...
3/16/2023 10:22:48 PM ChatGPT emerges as US Copyright Office rejects copyright in AI-generated artwork By Menachem Kaplan Edward Beard Marissa Yu On 21 February 2023 the United States Copyright Office made a significant decision in the realm of AI, copyright and artwork. The...
3/15/2023 11:03:48 AM UK announces data law reforms – third time’s the charm? By Adam Gillert Rachael Annear Giles Pratt On 8 March 2023 the UK government introduced the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill to Parliament (the Bill). The Bill...
3/14/2023 4:09:14 PM BaFin’s new guidance on regulatory treatment of Non-Fungible Tokens By Daniel Klingenbrunn Alexander Glos Jan Struckmann A short history of the short history of NFT Over the last two years, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) seemed to be everywhere. Their (yet...
3/10/2023 5:01:54 PM European Media Freedom Act and M&A - Flying under the radar, but could have a material impact on future transactions By Theresa Ehlen Katharina-Sophia Rieger Eugene McQuaid Up till now, the reactions to the European Commission’s (Commission) proposal for a European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) have not so much...
3/10/2023 4:08:11 PM Football, Fan Tokens and Financial Services Regulation – A very 2023 phenomenon By Kim Sofroniou Rhodri Thomas As readers of the TQ blog may have seen in the recent post on 6 February 2023, the UK Treasury has published a consultation paper which...
3/10/2023 4:06:18 PM Top EU data regulation trends for 2023 By Christoph Werkmeister Michael Schwaab Annabelle Hamelin 2022 was a year full of challenges for global businesses, and in particular in the realm of data protection regulation in the EU. 2023...
3/10/2023 4:00:51 PM The EU’s NIS2 Directive: Key aspects for businesses to consider By Philipp Roos In 2016, the European Parliament and European Council agreed on the NIS Directive as the first piece of EU-wide legislation on...
3/9/2023 2:04:01 PM Insurtech Insights Europe 2023 - Bigger, Bolder and Braver By Andy Robinson George Swan Carl Hotton Priti Lancaster +1 more... Show less The Freshfields insurtech team attended the Insurtech Insights Europe 2023 event in London last week and the messaging was clear - the...
3/8/2023 3:10:21 PM The FTC Cautions that Honesty is the Best Policy, Particularly with AI Claims By Christine Lyon Christine Chong While the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has already provided past guidance to businesses about use of artificial intelligence (AI), [1]...