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United Kingdom National Security Proposed Legislation

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UK Government Consults on Expanding NSIA Mandatory Regime to Include Water Sector and Streamlining Changes

On 22 July 2025, the UK government launched a long-awaited consultation on proposed amendments to the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) Notifiable Acquisition Regulations (NARs). The consultation seeks to...more

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The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

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On 1 April 2025, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology issued a policy statement setting out its key proposals for the new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. The Bill is intended to respond to an...more

New UK Cybersecurity Measures for Data Centers and Managed Service Providers

The UK government published on April 1 a policy statement setting out its proposals for the much-anticipated Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (the Bill). The proposals include bringing data centers and managed service...more

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End-to-end encryption: obstacle or pillar of national security?

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In the face of rising cybercrime, end-to-end encryption has become a point of tension between the protection of secrets, public security, and technological sovereignty. At stake: preserving encryption as a safeguard for...more

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AI Reporter - March 2025

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Google removed its organizational ban on the use of AI for weapons and surveillance systems. The change eliminates key portions of the tech giant’s AI Principles that banned such uses. These principles, established in 2018,...more

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UK national security regime: scrutiny of transactions tightens

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The UK government has finally delivered on its promise to tighten the scrutiny of transactions on national security grounds....more

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Highly impactful - UK National Security & Investment Bill introduces mandatory Government review of a wide range of transactions

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On 11 November, the UK Government introduced to Parliament the long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill. The Bill, which is expected to be enacted in Spring 2021, is a transformative event for investors in UK...more

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UK Government Publishes Draft Legislation for a New Foreign Direct Investment Regime

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Investors should plan today for the UK’s National Security and Investment Bill. On 11 November 2020, the UK government published the draft of its long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill (the NSI Bill). The...more

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New UK Government powers to scrutinise M&A deals on public health and national security grounds

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On 21 June 2020, the UK Government announced that it is introducing emergency legislation that will bolster its powers to scrutinise, and potentially block, foreign takeovers on new public interest grounds, namely: ..to...more

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Red Notice Newsletter - November 2017

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – SBM Offshore N.V. Agrees to Pay $238 Million to Resolve DOJ FCPA Enforcement Action - On November 29, 2017, SBM Offshore N.V. (SBM), a Netherlands based company specializing in the...more

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UK: Government announces International Sanctions Bill

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The UK government has set out plans in this week’s Queen’s Speech for a new International Sanctions Bill (the “Bill“) that aims to ensure that the UK will continue to meet its international sanctions policy obligations and...more

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