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Artificial Intelligence and Data Centers: A View from the UK and EU

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/22/2025

The UK government has set ambitious goals in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) and data infrastructure since the 2024 general election, with further significant announcements and commitments to follow. Businesses...more

Charting the Future: Regulatory Milestones and Opportunities in AI, Online Safety, Cybersecurity, and Data Governance in the EU...

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/17/2025

The technology and digital regulatory environment in the EU and the UK is experiencing significant evolution in 2025 and beyond. These legal developments present both significant opportunities and complex compliance...more

UK Financial Stability in Focus report: AI in the financial system

A&O Shearman on 4/18/2025

The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of the Bank of England (BoE) has published the Financial Stability in Focus report on AI in the UK financial system. The FPC considers the potential benefits of AI with its growing...more

The UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA): What you need to do now

A&O Shearman on 3/18/2025

We are now on the first stop – illegal harms – of Ofcom’s (the UK’s online safety regulator) roadmap for what online providers must do to comply with the OSA. - By March 16, 2025, in-scope services must assess the risk of...more

AI Takes Centre Stage at the Oscars as the UK Creative Industry Urges Protection of Copyrighted Works

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/5/2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) took a lead role at the Oscars on 2 March 2025, with several filmmakers and actors using their speeches to touch on AI’s impact on the industry, in particular the presence of AI-generated content...more

UK data centres designated as ‘critical national infrastructure’: Supporting the conditions for investor confidence

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 2/13/2025

In what has been seen as an acknowledgement of the fundamental importance of data centres to the functioning of the UK economy and society, the UK Government has acted to designate data centres as ‘critical national...more

Sheppard Mullin’s 2024 Eye on Privacy Year in Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/22/2025

It is hard to believe that another year is upon us! As we have done in years past (including 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018), we have created a comprehensive resource of all our www.eyeonprivacy.com posts from 2024. As...more

Regulatory monitoring - December 2024

A&O Shearman on 1/6/2025

1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - FSB: Plenary December 2024 - Status: Final - The FSB has set out the outcomes of its Plenary that met on 3 and 4 December. Points of...more

Global Supply Chain Horizons - December 2024

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 12/18/2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our quarterly global supply chain horizons providing you with an update on the key developments from around the world - Asia - China: Export ban of critical minerals to the US - On December...more

UK AI policy developments and where next

A&O Shearman on 11/22/2024

As the EU presses ahead with its implementation of the AI Act, the UK continues to develop its evolutionary approach to AI policy and regulation. As the new Labour Government starts to implement its perspective and ahead of a...more

Timeline Set for UK Cybersecurity and Resilience Reforms

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/15/2024

On 30 September 2024, the UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology announced that the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (Bill) will be introduced to Parliament in 2025. The Bill was first announced in the King’s...more

AI Safety: The Role of the Board in Assessing and Managing AI Risk

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/4/2024

As AI systems become more complex, companies are increasingly exposed to reputational, financial and legal risk from developing and deploying AI systems that do not function as intended or that yield problematic outcomes. The...more

New UK Government Announces AI and Cybersecurity Reforms

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/9/2024

Last month the new Labour government in the UK announced in the King’s Speech that it will introduce new artificial intelligence (AI) rules alongside cybersecurity and digital information bills. A brief overview of these...more

The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) – 2024 Update

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/19/2024

As implementation of the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) approaches, financial market participants and their technology service providers (both in and out of Europe) face a critical compliance deadline. The new...more

The London Space Law Symposium

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/28/2024

On 9 May 2024, Skadden held the inaugural London Space Law Symposium, where six panels of Skadden representatives and industry experts discussed legal aspects of the new space economy. The event was held in the Naim Dangoor...more

Akin Intelligence - March 2024

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/10/2024

Welcome to the March edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the EU AI Act was approved by the European Parliament, moving one step closer to becoming the first major AI law. In the U.S., the DOJ brought criminal charges...more

The Informed Board - Winter 2024

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/19/2024

The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more

Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - January 2024

Jenner & Block on 2/12/2024

Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the...more

2024 Insights: Other Regulatory Developments

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/22/2023

AI in 2024: Monitoring New Regulation and Staying in Compliance With Existing Laws Companies that develop or employ AI tools have to consider proposed AI-specific regulation as well as an array of existing IP, privacy,...more

UK AI Regulation Bill Proposes New AI Regulator

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/18/2023

While the focus of attention in the world of AI has been the EU AI Act: EU AI Act Agreed – Discerning Data in recent weeks, there have also been some other noteworthy legislative developments. On 22 November 2023, the...more

Latest Draft of the European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services – Updates for Non-EU Cloud Service Providers

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/1/2023

A recent draft of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity’s (ENISA’s) European Union Cybersecurity Certification Scheme on Cloud Services (EUCS) reveals what requirements are currently being considered (and what requirements have...more

Beyond the UK AI Safety Summit – Outcomes and Direction of Travel

Cooley LLP on 11/30/2023

The UK hosted more than 100 representatives from across the globe at its AI Safety Summit in early November 2023. Leading up to the summit, we outlined the UK government’s objectives and its current approach to artificial...more

Recognizing the Primacy of Artificial Intelligence in America: Biden’s Executive Order Sets a High Bar for Regulation and...

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/10/2023

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order 14110: Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. It seeks to confirm America’s global leadership in AI and...more

UK Online Safety Act Becomes Law: What To Expect Next

Perkins Coie on 11/6/2023

Last week, the UK’s Online Safety Bill received royal assent and became law. With this development, Ofcom, the regulator for the new Online Safety Act (the Act or OSA), has published a roadmap to explain how the Act will be...more

UK lays regulations before Parliament to establish the UK-US data bridge

A&O Shearman on 9/28/2023

The UK-US data bridge is the UK Government’s preferred terminology to describe its decision to permit the flow of personal data from the UK to the US, achieved through the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The...more

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