To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
2/19/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Digital Communications ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Transparency ,
UK
The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) comes into force from 17 January 2025. Under DORA, in-scope regulated financial services (FS) businesses operating in the EU (Firms) face new cybersecurity requirements and...more
12/2/2024
/ Cybersecurity ,
Digital Service Providers ,
ENISA ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
Information Technology ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
10/28/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Consumer Rights Directive ,
Deep Fake ,
Digital Platforms ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Germany ,
Minors ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Management ,
Social Media ,
TikTok ,
UK
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
7/26/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Digital Communications ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Parliament ,
Fake Reviews ,
Germany ,
IP Addresses ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Political Advertising ,
Right to Repair ,
UK
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
5/2/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authentication and Trust Services Regulation (eIDAS) ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Digital Strategy ,
European Parliament ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Germany ,
Greenwashing ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Infringement ,
Innovative Technology ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK ,
UK ICO
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
7/6/2023
/ Advertising Standards Authority ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
DATA Act ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Parliament ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
FRAND ,
Greenwashing ,
Ministry of Justice ,
Online Platforms ,
Piracy ,
Popular ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Subscription Services ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Unfair Trade Practices Act
The UK is pressing ahead with a reform to its government procurement laws that will diverge from the harmonized EU procurement regime that applied in the UK pre-Brexit. The proposals are intended to create a more transparent...more
During 2023, the UK will continue to position itself as a leader in the AI sector—by emphasizing support for the AI industry rather than pushing forward a legislative agenda....more
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
1/10/2023
/ Compliance ,
Consumer Rights Directive ,
Content Marketing ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) ,
Digital Communications ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
Digital Services ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Harmonization Rules ,
Member State ,
Minors ,
OFCOM ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers
Both the EU and the UK are taking steps to enhance the rules in the financial services sector to add a new layer of direct regulation for key technology providers to banks and other regulated financial services institutions –...more
10/17/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Enforcement Actions ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Information Technology ,
Popular ,
Technology ,
UK
To help organisations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
10/12/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Germany ,
Net Neutrality ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
OFCOM ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Telecommunications ,
UK
The UK government has introduced its Online Safety Bill to Parliament. The new Bill was amended at the last minute to include new online offences and greater obligations on technology providers to do more to prevent “harmful...more
4/11/2022
/ Child Pornography ,
Content Marketing ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Duty of Care ,
EU ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Pornography ,
UK ,
UK Parliament ,
User-Generated Content
To help organisations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison & Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical developments in this area that...more
7/8/2021
/ Algorithms ,
Big Tech ,
Blockchain ,
Child Pornography ,
Digital Services ,
Drug Trafficking ,
eBay ,
EU ,
European Parliament ,
Germany ,
Information Technology ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
OFCOM ,
Online Marketplace ,
Online Platforms ,
Smart Contracts ,
Telecommunications ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Terrorism Funding ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
Companies contracting with consumers have to take care to ensure their agreement terms are enforceable. In one of the first post-Brexit decisions on issues in an online consumer contract, a UK court recently showed that...more
6/8/2021
/ B2B Transactions ,
Casinos ,
Consumer Contracts ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Gaming ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Transparency ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Consumer Rights Act
The Procurement Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech at the opening of Parliament in May 2021 was one of 30 new bills on the UK government’s legislative agenda for the coming year. The main aim of the Procurement Bill is to...more
For many years, the regulation of digital markets has been a key priority in Europe. In 2015, the European Commission committed the EU to the creation of a digital single market – and that commitment spawned a series of...more
4/26/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Digital Goods ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
Digital Single Market ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Geo-Blocking ,
Popular ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Brexit finally became a reality on 31 December 2020, as the UK reached the end of the agreed Transition Period after the UK’s departure from the EU.
The UK government has heralded Brexit as a “historic opportunity to...more
2/23/2021
/ Bids ,
EU ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Public Contracts ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Public Projects ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Trade Agreements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
WTO
From 12 July 2020, any business (whether or not EU-based) providing an online platform or search engine to business users in the EU and the UK must comply with a new EU regulation designed to promote fairness and...more
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the process of implementing Brexit continues. One of the key Brexit issues for the tech sector is the extent to which the UK will either align or diverge its digital regulations with the...more
With effect from 1 April 2020, the UK will start to levy a digital services tax at a rate of 2% on digital services revenues that are attributable to UK users.
The UK digital services tax (“UK DST”) is intended to apply to...more
Trade secrets in the UK are protected by both a longstanding equitable duty of confidence and, only very recently, a specific set of regulations. Since the 2018 Trade Secrets Regulations came into force, the question has been...more
Under English law, it’s clear that the key issue will be to understand and apply the specific terms of each contract, with the English courts looking to interpret contractual clauses by initially considering the natural and...more
The UK has announced that it will not implement a key change in the EU copyright regime after Brexit. As a result, for affected businesses, consistent Europe-wide digital compliance in the post-Brexit era just became a little...more
Following the result of the UK’s referendum in 2016 on leaving the European Union, the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the United Kingdom and the European Union on 23 January 2020 finally received Royal Assent from...more