7/28/2023 6:24:12 PM Key takeaways from the Law Commission of England and Wales Report on Digital Assets By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Chris Ranson Sophia Doan Nicole Looi +2 more... Show less On 28 June 2023 the Law Commission published its final report on digital assets (the Report), which is the culmination of its work since...
7/26/2023 3:44:14 PM Law and Politics in Brussels: Discussing the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Christoph Werkmeister Victor Garcia Lopez Last month, an expert roundtable took place convened by Freshfields’ EU Regulatory & Public Affairs team based in Brussels, together with...
7/26/2023 1:11:51 PM A transforming landscape: Collective Actions in Data and Tech By Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Jelle Drok Mark Egeler Marco Vogels Basya Klinger David De Bock +3 more... Show less It is generally acknowledged that the Netherlands is a popular forum for various types of class actions. As of 25 June 2023, the...
7/24/2023 4:04:31 PM Italian Supreme Court & ECJ rulings on non-material damages under GDPR: Reopening the seriousness debate By Laura Bellezza Giuseppe Curtò Federico Cazzaniga The Italian Supreme Court recently addressed the issue of serious non-material damage suffered by an employee resulting from the...
7/17/2023 11:00:20 AM AI and 'Big Tech': The FCA’s evolving regulatory approach By Michael Raffan Lauren Moorin Fran Kaehr The fast-moving nature of developments in the tech space has continued to draw the attention of regulators globally, including in the UK....
7/13/2023 11:29:47 PM FAQs: What US Companies Should Know About the New EU-US Data Privacy Framework By Christine Lyon Brock Dahl Christoph Werkmeister Rachel Johnson Philipp Roos Hendrik Witt Adam Gillert +4 more... Show less As we recently reported, the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) entered into force on July 10, 2023. DPF offers a streamlined...
7/12/2023 12:01:35 PM The EU-US Data Privacy Framework: third time lucky for EU-US data transfers? By Christine Lyon Christoph Werkmeister Philipp Roos Hendrik Witt Adam Gillert +2 more... Show less Businesses transferring personal data from the EU to the US will welcome news that the European Commission has approved the long-awaited...
7/11/2023 9:07:11 AM The European electronic evidence framework on the home stretch By Elena Brandt Lea Babucke Annika Kreis While much recent European data legislation has passed through the legislative process in record time, the electronic evidence framework...
7/10/2023 4:27:06 PM The Digital Services Act: New liability rules? By Theresa Ehlen Lutz Riede Lena Hanke No 3 of our blog post series on the Digital Services Act: The DSA's liability regime (Chapter II) With the third post of our blog series...
7/6/2023 12:14:30 PM Can video surveillance be used by employers in Germany as evidence to support dismissal? A recent decision suggests it might. By Hendrik Witt Julia Förster A recent ruling of the German Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) (BAG) on 29 June 2023, emphasizes the need for transparency...
7/5/2023 5:35:12 PM SEP Draft Regulation moving forward in European Parliament and Council By Victor Garcia Lopez Roughly two months ago, on 27 April 2023, the European Commission published its much-anticipated patent package, including a proposal for...
7/4/2023 3:13:28 PM The next milestone reached: are we on the way to a digital euro? By Eva Schneider Natalie Pettinger Kearney Claire Harrop Stephan Pachinger Daniel Klingenbrunn +2 more... Show less Few endeavours on the EU’s agenda have attracted as much attention as the potential introduction of a retail central bank digital...