12/30/2024 5:07:53 PM Grandfathering under MiCA – how member states approach the transitional regime – December 2024 update By Janina Heinz Daphne van der Houwen Daniel Klingenbrunn Eva Schneider Steffie De Backer +2 more... Show less This post is an update of our previous post published on June 21, 2024. The harmonisation of European financial services law for...
12/20/2024 3:09:16 PM FCA publishes discussion paper on admissions and disclosures and the market abuse regime for cryptoassets By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Christopher Bernard Noah Schmidt Eden Elder +4 more... Show less On 16 December 2024 the FCA published its much-anticipated Discussion Paper on (i) cryptoasset admissions and disclosures and (ii) the...
12/18/2024 2:08:20 PM Digital Fairness Fitness Check Part 3: Personalisation - why is it considered problematic and what countermeasures may companies be facing? By Tobias Timmann Lutz Riede Oliver Talhoff Natalie Pettinger Kearney Matthias Hofer Nicolai Fornoff Sophie Misra +4 more... Show less Our blog series focusses on the European Commission’s Digital Fairness Fitness Check and a potential future Digital Fairness Act which...
12/18/2024 11:48:53 AM Harnessing Smart Data in the UK as a National Asset: What businesses need to know By Giles Pratt Rachael Annear Tristan Lockwood Adam Gillert Hazel Ling +2 more... Show less On 23 October 2024 the UK government introduced the Data (Use and Access) Bill to Parliament (the DUAB). The DUAB is a wide-ranging and...
12/13/2024 2:39:10 PM AI Regulation Is Evolving Globally and Businesses Need to Keep Up By Beth George Giles Pratt Lutz Riede This article was first published on Bloomberg Law on 10 December 2024. Freshfields’ attorneys examine generative AI’s global...
12/13/2024 2:18:39 PM UK reforms to Digital Verification laws: new opportunities for businesses By Adam Gillert Claire Harrop Cyrus Pocha Katie Hyewon Sa Rachael Annear Tristan Lockwood +3 more... Show less The Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUAB) proposes wide-ranging and significant reforms to the existing legislative framework around data in...
12/10/2024 5:02:33 PM The UK’s new approach to international data transfers: making international transfers easier? By Rachael Annear Joseph Mason Adam Gillert Rhea Dennis +1 more... Show less On 23 October 2024, the UK government introduced the Data (Use and Access) Bill to Parliament (the DUAB). Our previous blog summarised...
12/9/2024 12:43:45 PM EU AI Act unpacked #19: General-Purpose AI Code of Practice – an overview By Lutz Riede Davide Borelli Verena Kirchmair Jan Niklas Di Fabio Federico Cazzaniga Victor Garcia Lopez Federica Dominici +4 more... Show less As forecasted in our previous blog post, the AI Office published the ‘First Draft General-Purpose AI Code of Practice’ (the draft CoP) on...
12/6/2024 1:20:42 PM Digital Fairness Fitness Check Part II: Addictive Design and Gaming By Tobias Timmann Lutz Riede Natalie Pettinger Kearney Oliver Talhoff Matthias Hofer Nicolai Fornoff +3 more... Show less Our blog series focusses on the European Commission’s Digital Fairness Fitness Check and a potential future Digital Fairness Act which...
12/6/2024 12:31:42 PM Email monitoring in Italy: Are employers ready for stricter rules after the latest Italian DPA’s decision? By Davide Borelli Matteo Tola Giovanni Fabris Isabella Oldani +1 more... Show less Introduction A recent decision by the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has underscored the challenges employers face when managing...
12/6/2024 12:05:38 PM The EU platform workers directive: effective as of 1 December 2024! What does this mean for platforms, companies more generally, and workers? By Raquel Flórez Thomas Granetzny Flavia Lang Laura Llangozi Hubertus Reinbach Satya Staes Polet +3 more... Show less The EU Directive on improving working conditions in platform work, Directive (EU) 2024/2831 (Directive), was published in the Official...
12/5/2024 3:32:30 PM DSA decoded #2: The art of scoping – which intermediary are you? By Lutz Riede Laura Knoke Janet Kim Tristan Lockwood Lukas Müller +2 more... Show less In this week’s edition of our ‘DSA decoded’ blog series, we take a look at the scope of the DSA and what services it applies to – the...