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
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
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
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
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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
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
Data is yet again at the top of the agenda in the UK Parliament. Seeking to balance the need for the protection of privacy of data and enabling data-driven growth, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology...more
What are the legal issues for employers to consider?
During the pandemic, many employers have been dealing with requests from employees to work abroad. With the move to remote working, employees have asked to work from...more
6/30/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Protection ,
Employment Contract ,
Foreign Workers ,
Income Taxes ,
Lawful Permanent Residents ,
Remote Working ,
Social Security ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Visas ,
Workplace Safety
Many of our clients are increasingly faced with internal investigations, some with complex compliance or whistleblowing features. Our April client alert looks at some of the key considerations before embarking upon any...more
2020 was a year of exceptional change for employers and their staff. As the pandemic unfolded, businesses navigated their way through adjusting to a remote workforce to furloughing to creating COVID-secure workplaces and...more
1/29/2021
/ #MeToo ,
Audits ,
BEIS ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Employment Tax ,
Equal Pay ,
EU ,
HMRC ,
Independent Contractors ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Relief Measures ,
Trade Agreements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aims to guide regulated firms on its expectations of their cyber resiliency. In 2018, the FCA warned regulated firms of the risks of outdated IT systems and the lack of effective cyber...more
In a paper published last month,[i] the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) set out various cybersecurity insights gleaned from the work of cyber coordination groups (“CCGs”) the regulator established in 2017. The...more
4/4/2019
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Banking Sector ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Management ,
Popular ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK
On July 20, 2018, Elizabeth Denham, the Information Commissioner (“ICO”) for the United Kingdom (“UK”), released an Annual Report for 2017/18 (the “Report”). In the Report, the ICO commented that new laws and high profile...more
The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has published its international strategy for 2017-2021, which sets out the UK’s strategy for its relationship with the European Union on data privacy matters...more
A report by professional services firm PwC, using figures from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), confirmed that the number of fines handed out for breaking UK data protection laws almost doubled last year,...more
The new Gender Pay Gap Reporting Regulations require employers in the U.K. to report on the pay gap between men and women in their organisation with the aim of reducing the gender pay gap in the U.K. workforce. The...more
On 15 March 2017, Steve Wood, the Head of International Strategy & Intelligence for the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) (the UK’s data protection authority), confirmed during a keynote speech at the International...more
As many of you will have read in the international press, the British public has voted at an historic referendum to leave the European Union. There are wide-ranging implications for many areas of law, the economy and...more