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The implementation of the Environmental Crime Directive will tighten environmental criminal law and increase pressure on companies

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Germany must transpose the EU Environmental Crime Directive into national law by 21 May, 2026. The Environmental Crime Directive primarily aims to expand and intensify corporate liability. Companies should therefore conduct a...more

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The new European Accessibility Act (EAA)

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The EAA (i.e., Directive (EU) 2019/882) aims at improving the accessibility of certain products and/or services across the EU. It seeks to harmonize accessibility requirements, ensuring that people with disabilities can fully...more

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Navigating the Shifting AI Landscape: What U.S. Businesses Need to Know in 2025

Artificial intelligence is no longer a wild west frontier technology—it’s a regulated one. As AI systems become central to how companies operate, communicate, and compete, legal oversight is catching up. In 2025, AI...more

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What is the European Accessibility Act and What Impact Will It Have on Your Business?

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The European Accessibility Act (EAA) came into force on 28 June 2025. It requires that all in-scope products and services placed on the market or provided after that date in the EU must meet specified accessibility...more

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EU Data Act Significant New Switching Requirements Due to Take Effect for Data Processing Services

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In the rapidly evolving landscape of European tech regulation, the Data Act introduces changes with the potential to reshape established market dynamics, presenting significant challenges and opportunities for affected...more

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Ropes & Gray CSRD Transposition Tracker - Updated 8.20.25

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Reporting obligations under the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive are created under EU member state national legislation adopted pursuant to the CSRD. We have again updated our tracker to reflect...more

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“Lost in Transposition” – Commission Targets 18 Member States Over Sanctions Enforcement Gaps

On July 24, 2025, the European Commission opened infringement procedures against 18 Member States for failing to fully transpose Directive (EU) 2024/1226 by the May 20, 2025 deadline....more

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The New Gold Rush: Text and Data Mining Exemptions to Copyright Protection Around the World

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This article is based on a presentation at Womble Bond Dickinson’s AI Intensive: Playbook for Innovation and Risk Mitigation virtual summit on May 20, 2025 (including some updates in respect of the UK due to legislative...more

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European Accessibility Act Poses New Challenges for US Companies with Customers in the EU

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Disability advocates issue demands to retailers about their allegedly inaccessible websites shortly after the EAA takes effect....more

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AI Law Center: August 2025 Updates

In this month's update: AI Regulatory Landscape: Three Things To Know How will Trump’s “AI Action Plan” and Executive Orders impact U.S. tech and federal procurement? Which companies are subject to “general-purpose” AI...more

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Episode 382 — AI Legal Compliance and Governance

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Given the real and significant potential benefits of AI, companies have to be careful in the rush to implement AI technology. Starting with a clear use case, companies have to weigh the potential benefits of AI technology and...more

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Zooming in on AI: Tackling deepfakes around the world

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Deepfakes (also known as digital replicas) are created when sophisticated AI technology generates or alters audio-visual content to misrepresent someone or something. Often a person's voice or appearance is digitally...more

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The Learned Concierge - August 2025, Vol. 22

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Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. Alcohol Law - French Wine Sustainability Agreement Approved: EU and U.S. Antitrust Considerations...more

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Pay Transparency Readiness Study 2025

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A&O Shearman's Insights from Leading Employers on the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive - 1. LEGAL BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION FOR THE SURVEY - The Pay Transparency Directive (EU) 2023/970 (EU Pay...more

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Exactly What Are ‘Systemic’ AI Risks, Anyway?

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As artificial intelligence keeps marching into the corporate world, compliance and risk management teams must start grappling with its many risks. That means compliance officers have an important question they need to answer...more

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EU AI Act: European Commission Publishes General-Purpose AI Code of Practice

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The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act ("AI Act") establishes a comprehensive, risk-based regulatory framework including provisions relating to general-purpose AI ("GPAI") models that apply as from 2 August 2025. In...more

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Pharmacy compounding under the EU pharma law package

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Pharmacy compounding is one of the topics in the EU Pharma Law Package that has perhaps received less attention compared to topics such as regulatory exclusivity rights, shortages, and sustainability. The EU Pharma Law...more

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European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - August 2025

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

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Irish Asset Management & Investment Funds ESG newsletter: Quarter 3, 2025

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Welcome to the latest edition of our ESG newsletter. In this issue we identify a number of key highlights from European legislative and regulatory developments as well as updates from the wider sustainable finance...more

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The “One Big Beautiful” Bill and the State of AI Regulation

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After several weeks of back and forth on a potential 10-year moratorium on state or local AI legislation and regulation enforcement, the final version of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4,...more

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UK Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regime

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The principal regulations governing offers of securities to the public and admissions of securities to trading on regulated markets in the United Kingdom, including the requirements for a prospectus, are contained in the UK...more

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Understanding the EU Pay Transparency Directive

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Blog Overview: Employers with a presence in Europe must prepare for annual pay reporting requirements as part of the European Union Pay Transparency Directive. While European Union member states are still working to...more

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EU Initiates Renewal of UK Adequacy Decision Following the UK's Adoption of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

EU Launches UK Adequacy Decision Renewal Process - On 22 July 2025, the European Commission announced that it had launched the process to renew the adequacy decision for the United Kingdom (UK) and confirmed that the UK’s...more

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Saudi Arabia’s Global AI Hub Law: A New Model for Digital Sovereignty in the GCC

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Saudi Arabia has taken a bold and strategic step forward with the introduction of the draft Global AI Hub Law, designed by the Communication, Space & Technology Commission (CST). This pioneering legal framework is part of the...more

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UK Adequacy Holds Firm Under New Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

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The DUAA introduces several reforms to UK data protection law, but their implications are relatively limited in practice. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the DUAA) was enacted on 19 June 2025 and amends rather than...more

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