Global digital platforms face an increasingly complex and fragmented content regulation landscape. Governments worldwide are imposing overlapping and sometimes conflicting rules for monitoring, managing, or restricting online...more
7/10/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Services ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Social Media ,
UK
After multiple attempts by successive governments over the last few years to bring about regulatory changes that would enhance and promote the use of data in the UK, an often heavily debated law has finally arrived in the...more
On May 14, 2025, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") issued a favorable opinion on granting a six-month extension to the existing adequacy decisions for the UK, following a formal proposal from the European...more
6/9/2025
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Data Protection ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Proposed Legislation ,
UK ,
UK GDPR
Introduction: The Global Race Towards AI Governance Takes Different Paths-
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform global markets, the European Union and the United States are advancing regulatory...more
5/21/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
Government Agencies ,
International Trade ,
Liability ,
Penalties ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Transparency
In Q1 of 2025, there have been significant regulatory and policy developments at the state, federal, and international level regarding artificial intelligence (“AI”). In Europe, the phased implementation of the European...more
5/14/2025
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Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Colorado ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Legislatures ,
Trump Administration
Large Language Models (“LLMs”) are a subset of artificial intelligence (“AI”) which use a type of machine learning called deep learning in order to understand how characters, words, and sentences function together. The advent...more
The European Commission’s AI Office (the overarching body overseeing enforcement of the EU AI Act) published its AI Continent Action Plan on April 9, 2025 (“Plan”). In this Plan, the European Commission (“EC”) puts forward...more
Since returning to office, President Trump quickly issued two executive orders that mark a significant shift in the federal government’s approach to artificial intelligence regulation and oversight (“Trump AI EOs”). These...more
4/15/2025
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Biden Administration ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
The first EU & UK AI Round-up, published on 15 January 2025, discussed the important regulatory updates affecting the AI ecosystem in both the EU and the UK that occurred towards the end of 2024. Notably since that update,...more
3/12/2025
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Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
UK
The second half of 2024 saw a myriad of Artificial Intelligence (AI) related legal and regulatory developments for the EU and UK, critically with the EU AI Act coming into force on 1 August 2024. This has been followed by...more
1/15/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Designs and Patents Act ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Transparency ,
UK
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) establishes a harmonised and comprehensive framework for information and communication technology (ICT) risk management in the financial sector. It is a directly applicable EU...more
12/23/2024
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Contract Terms ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) ,
EIOPA ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
MiFID II ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Service Level Agreements ,
Third-Party Risk ,
UK
On October 23, the UK Government’s House of Lords had its first reading of a new proposed data protection bill, the Data (Use and Access) Bill (“DUA Bill”), as sponsored by the Department of Science, Innovation, and...more