2/26/2025 6:02:30 PM EU AI Act unpacked #22: Key considerations for employers as deployers vs. providers under the EU AI Act By Satya Staes Polet Raquel Flórez David Mendel Leonhard Prasser Hubertus Reinbach Flavia Lang Brunhilde Van Den Haute Olga Chislova Matteo Tola Guy Huffen Marina Sokolova Blaise Nsenguwera +9 more... Show less The EU AI Act introduces a new regulatory framework that distinguishes between, among others, deployers and providers. Employers will...
2/25/2025 4:54:46 PM BSH v Electrolux: long-arm jurisdiction of EU member state courts for cross-border injunctions in patent litigation By Eva Acker Corin Gittinger Allard van Duijn Today, the ECJ issued the long-awaited judgment in BSH v Electrolux. As expected in our last post, the court has taken a major step to...
2/25/2025 12:29:35 PM Ransomware? Beware! Government launch consultation on new regime By Rhodri Thomas Giles Pratt Rachael Annear Christine Simpson Tochukwu Egenti Sunil Singh +3 more... Show less The Government has now launched its consultation (the Consultation), which proposes an ‘entirely new approach’ to ransomware, aimed at...
2/25/2025 12:23:28 PM The rise of audits as a regulatory tool for tech By Janet Kim Matthew Bruce Lutz Riede Tristan Lockwood Fiona McHugh Florentine Schulte-Rudzio Bhavya Sharma +4 more... Show less As technology evolves, so do challenges in effectively regulating it. In an era where there is increasing focus on effective oversight of...
2/21/2025 5:51:54 PM Will cross-border injunctions become the norm in European patent litigation? By Eva Acker Corin Gittinger Allard van Duijn European courts have taken different approaches to cross-border injunctions in patent cases for many years, despite the harmonising...
2/17/2025 3:31:20 PM Getty v Stability AI – Green light given for representative action under CPR 19.3 By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Phoebe Campbell Dr. Christopher Stothers Alexandra Morgan +2 more... Show less The High Court has now ordered that Getty Images (Getty) may pursue its claim against Stability AI (Stability) as a representative action...
2/17/2025 2:47:51 PM Data Act: Commission issues updated FAQ By Gernot Fritz Estella Dannhausen To aid in the implementation of the EU Data Act, the European Commission has released a set of frequently asked questions (FAQ). For a...
2/12/2025 2:08:46 PM Lights, Cameras, AI Action By Rachael Annear Beth George Natasha Good Giles Pratt Laéna Bouafy +2 more... Show less Energised by our attendance at the recent Tortoise Responsible AI Forum, Paris AI Action Summit and City & Financial AI Regulation...
2/11/2025 4:11:30 PM The Responsible AI Forum 2025: Companies are facing growing regulatory and litigation risks over the use of AI, and not just from the new laws grabbing the headlines By Giles Pratt Freshfields is a Knowledge Partner on the Responsible AI Forum 2025, hosted at Spencer House by Tortoise Media, in partnership with the...
2/6/2025 3:07:27 PM EDPB Opinion: Accountability of controllers in data processing chains By Christoph Werkmeister Philipp Roos John-Markus Maddaloni In today’s digital landscape, organisations heavily rely on third-party service providers for processing personal data. These service...
2/5/2025 7:53:27 PM German Election #2: Digital Policies in the 2025 Election Campaign – How Germany’s Political Parties Want Germany to Catch Up on Digitalisation By Alex Schmidtke On 23 February 2025, almost 60 million German voters will elect a new federal parliament in snap elections after the collapse of the...