Facial recognition technology is getting significant press as governments try to regulate (or ban) its use around the world. This graphic...

In light of the recent announcement that non-essential businesses will be permitted to reopen from 15 June, the UK government has issued...

Gene Levoff, Apple's former Director of Corporate Law and Corporate Secretary, has attacked the foundation of criminal insider trading...

The COVID-19 emergency has forced companies across the world to make rapid supply chain shifts.  While the speed and scope of these...

The World Intellectual Property Organization today launched a new online business service, WIPO PROOF, that provides tamper-proof...

Work plays a significant role in most people’s lives – over the course of a lifetime the average Briton will spend 3,507 days at work and...

Any copyright lawyer who did not click on the following NYT headline last week was missing out: "A feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a...

My colleagues and I in Baker McKenzie's disputes practice have been fielding a steady stream of questions from clients regarding the...

We all know that computing systems are vulnerable in a variety of different ways - however an emergent issue (of particular relevance to

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal (Moss v ICO [2020] EWCA Civ 580) re-iterates that anonymity is not granted lightly.

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The Law Commission has recently published their analysis of responses to their (second) consultation paper on automated vehicles.

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Yesterday, the chair of the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") published a  statement on the second anniversary of the GDPR...

As an “unprecedented” 2020 whistles by us at an alarmingly fast pace, it appears increasingly likely that a "hard Brexit" will occur at...

This morning (19 May), the UK Government announced a new tariff regime which will replace the EU Common External Tariff ("CET") at the...

An insightful issue of our In the Know newsletter written in collaboration with our leveraged finance colleagues in the US...

Facial recognition used by law enforcement has attracted an enormous amount of attention from the press and governments around the world,...

No question that most of the press activity related to the capital markets has been focused on the public capital markets - the red...

Law360 just published an article by my colleagues Peter Chan, Amy Greer, Jerome Tomas and Kurt Oldenburg analyzing public company...

There are two ways to interpret the remark below from the head of the Dutch competition authority.  

The first is to see this as a...

Recommend this article from Mike Yaghmai of Facebook Legal for all those managing a team of lawyers (completely) remotely. His experience...

Both Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Market Intelligence are reporting that default rates are soaring beyond levels seen since 2008 -...

The European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") published its 2019 annual report on Monday 18 May 2020. 

The report provides an overview...

Whilst the CMA is focused on its lack of powers to tackle price gouging in masks and sanitisers, it will not be long before testing kits...

Yet another article looking at the impact of the current crisis on legal innovation. The author notes a battenining down of the hatches...

The "D9 + countries" issued a joint statement regarding future work on the EU Digital Services Act. It indicates the need to adapt the...

As the UK government seeks to ease the lockdown restrictions over the coming weeks and months, it's interesting to see they are...

The AVIA law in France has been passed by the French parliament, and is now being passed to the constitutional council. It seems that it...

The ICO has released its much anticipated guidance on workplace COVID19 testing in the form of FAQs, which can be found here. 

The...

The Interactive Advertising Bureau ("IAB") Europe's Transparency & Consent Framework ("TCF") steering group has voted to extend...

As we take steps towards a "new normal", many employers will be thinking through how their workers can safely return to the workplace. A...

The Data & Marketing Association (DMA) and British advertisers' industry body ISBA have published ‘The Seven-Step Ad Tech Guide’. The...

The government has just published new guidance on holiday entitlement and pay during the coronavirus pandemic, which can be found here....

The study, commissioned by IMCO, has some interesting thoughts on how the liability provisions in the ECD should be amended, highlighting...

WIPO has launched a free tracker following IP developments in response to COVID: measures taken by national and regional IP offices,...

It is unsurprising that most of the press about law firms during the present crisis is focused on cost control and existential risks, so...

Many things have changed due to COVID-19, including the priorities of the UK Information Commissioner who recently clarified what she...

The new government guidance released today on returning to work has stated that employers must carry out a COVID-19 risk assessment in...

The government has just issued new sector specific guidance for employers setting out the steps they recommend they take to keep their...

The ICO recently announced that due to COVID-19 it is pausing its investigation into real time bidding and the AdTech industry in order...

The government released its planned roadmap out of lockdown today. What has changed for employers? The honest answer is - not much!