12 Apr, 2024 Out with the new, in with the old – FPO 2024 reverses changes to thresholds for financial promotion exemptions By Daniel Keleghan The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 sets out exemptions from the restriction on communicating...
09 Apr, 2024 Plugging the leak: proposed new UK import levies on carbon intensive products By Jeremy Kelly George Harrington The UK government has proposed introducing new levies on the imports of certain carbon-intensive products to level the playing field...
06 Feb, 2024 Spanner in the works for the CSDDD? By Angelica Lovell Catherine Sellars Nicola Broadhurst The Council of the European Union is set to vote on the final text of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) on 9...
15 Nov, 2023 Will the impact of the NSI on corporate transactions be reduced? By Jeremy Kelly The UK government has this week (13 November 2023) suggested that it could narrow the application of the National Security and Investment...
08 Sep, 2023 AI regulation – elation or frustration for IP rights in HCSITC report? By Georgie Barrow The government’s efforts to keep pace with the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) continued last week when the House of...
01 Sep, 2023 Data scraping and data protection – joint statement released By Guy Cartwright The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) together with 11 other privacy regulators have recently published a joint statement on data...
22 Aug, 2023 ICO issues draft guidance on biometric data By Guy Cartwright The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently published draft guidance on biometric data for public consultation. The...
09 Aug, 2023 All at CE? "Indefinite" delay to UKCA requirements in certain sectors By Gustaf Duhs The UK government has had significant issues with the implementation the UK’s post-Brexit products safety conformity mark, the UKCA mark,...
18 May, 2023 The rapid rise of drones and the future of the "Stenosphere" By Quintin Farley In a world where AI seems to dominate tech news, the rapid innovation and utilisation of drones seems to have slipped "under the radar" –...
03 Aug, 2022 First blocking of asset deal under NSI Act By Gustaf Duhs The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has recently issued a final order under the National Security...
23 Nov, 2021 The National Security and Investment Act 2021: guidance on “notifiable acquisitions” and the notification and assessment process By Stevens & Bolton LLP Last week the government published new guidance on “notifiable” acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI). ...
26 Oct, 2021 Ouch....failure to prevent bribery can really cost By Kath Saunders The biggest penalty for a conviction since the Bribery Act 2010 came into force has just been imposed on Petrofac. The London-listed oil...