Following the publication of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act or Act) on 12 July 2024, there are now a series of steps that various EU bodies need to take towards implementation. One of the first key...more
On 12 July 2024, the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act or Act) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (EU), marking the final step in the AI Act’s legislative journey. Its publication...more
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
6/3/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Biometric Information ,
Code of Conduct ,
Compliance ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Information Governance ,
Machine Learning ,
Medical Devices ,
New Legislation ,
OECD ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
Transparency ,
Voting Requirements
Key Takeaways - In the words of the UK Supreme Court, the decision in RTI v MUR raised “fundamental points of principle” that could, in theory, apply to all force majeure clauses. Our top three takeaways are: Unlike the...more
On 21 May 2024 the Council of the European Union (EU) announced the final approval of the landmark EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act or Act). As previously highlighted (see our December 2023 alert), the AI Act is a first...more
5/24/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Data Collection ,
Enforcement ,
Ethics ,
EU ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Final Rules ,
Information Governance ,
OECD ,
Penalties ,
Risk Management ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Supply Chain ,
Transparency
On 8 June 2023, the UK Prime Minister and the US President jointly announced a commitment to a renewed partnership between the countries, and a framework for economic and diplomatic co-operation (the “Atlantic Declaration”1)....more
Welcome to our 2021 round-up for civil fraud litigation, complex crossborder disputes and asset recovery. In this publication, we consider some of the key cases and developments in English law and practice from the past year...more
2/15/2022
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Contempt ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cryptoassets ,
Evidence ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Fraud ,
Inducement ,
International Arbitration ,
Jurisdiction ,
Libor ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Unlawful Means
On September 27, 2021, all new contracts that involve cross-border personal data transfers must incorporate the updated standard contractual clauses (“New SCCs”) for controllers and processors. On June 4, 2021, the European...more
On March 12, 2021, United Kingdom’s (UK) Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden announced the UK’s forthcoming National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy as he set out his Ten Tech Priorities. The Strategy, which is due to be...more
The European Commission recently published two highly anticipated draft documents to facilitate data transfers. The first was the new, updated and modernised standard contractual clauses (“New SCCs”) for the transfer of...more
On November 10, 2020, the recently established Taskforce of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a body consisting of representatives of all the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in the European Economic Area (EEA),...more
United Kingdom, French and Belgian national security laws (and such laws of other EU Member States) fell under the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which on October 6, 2020, ruled on whether such...more
10/14/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Member State ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
UK
Two developments in the United Kingdom demonstrate the country’s renewed commitment to a sustainable data strategy with appropriate privacy and security safeguards. First, on September 9, 2020, the U.K. government published a...more
9/30/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Research and Development ,
UK
On Friday September 4, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a body consisting of representatives of all the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in the European Economic Area, announced that it had formed two new...more
9/14/2020
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information
In this alert, we consider a recent decision of the English High Court concerning the extent to which the equitable duty applicable to lenders, security agents and receivers in the context of an enforcement sale may be...more
On April 1, 2020, the U.K. Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12, the first class action-type claim concerning a data breach in the U.K.. In this...more
4/9/2020
/ Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Misconduct ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
UK ,
UK Data Protection Act ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Vicarious Liability
On March 12, 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the U.K.’s data protection authority (DPA), published Guidance for data controllers on their data protection compliance obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic....more