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UK Bill Would Increase Cybersecurity Standards for Critical Infrastructure Operators

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/26/2025

Recent months have seen a spate of high-profile cyber incidents that have affected UK companies and disrupted supply chains, keeping cybersecurity on the front pages and at the top of UK companies’ agendas. In response to the...more

Data and Cybersecurity: European Union Legislation and Proposals - Updated December 2024

BCLP on 12/6/2024

The pace of new EU law continues unabated, with IoT, cyber security and digital services being key areas of activity....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

EU's Official Journal Publishes EU AI Act

King & Spalding on 7/15/2024

The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (2024/1689) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on July 7, 2024 and will come into effect on August 1, 2024, the 20th day following its publication in the...more

EU Ratifies Pioneering Artificial Intelligence Legislation

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/3/2024

On May 21, 2024, the European Union finalized the adoption of the groundbreaking EU Artificial Intelligence Act, a comprehensive and sector-agnostic legislation that extends globally. This 420-page Act aims to regulate the...more

An Introduction To The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act

Ankura on 1/25/2024

On December 8, 2023, European Union (EU) lawmakers reached an agreement on the EU’s AI Act. The EU AI Act has many similar themes to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and reflects a big step forward in the...more

Foreign direct investment reviews 2023: A global perspective

White & Case LLP on 3/22/2023

Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more

Jones Day Talks: Navigating Foreign Direct Investment in Germany

Jones Day on 3/25/2019

Germany has two different sets of rules for the review of foreign direct investments. The relevant ordinance, the Außenwirtschaftsverordnung, or AWV, provides for a sector-specific review process applying to the acquisition,...more

EU Foreign Investment Law In Force from April

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/7/2019

• The new EU FDI Regulation provides a framework for screening foreign direct investments and will enter into force in mid-April. While China, Russia and other currently high-profile “foreign” countries are not expressly...more

New EU Law on the Screening of Foreign Direct Investments in Europe

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/19/2017

• The European Commission has released a set of documents, including a proposal for an ‘FDI Regulation,’ which sets out an EU framework for screening foreign direct investments. • This proposal would grant the European...more

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