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
7/26/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Digital Communications ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Parliament ,
Fake Reviews ,
Germany ,
IP Addresses ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Political Advertising ,
Right to Repair ,
UK
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
5/2/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authentication and Trust Services Regulation (eIDAS) ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Digital Strategy ,
European Parliament ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Germany ,
Greenwashing ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Infringement ,
Innovative Technology ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK ,
UK ICO
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
4/6/2023
/ Advertising Standards Authority ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Cyber Threats ,
DATA Act ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services ,
Duty To Repair ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Parliament ,
False Advertising ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Greenwashing ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Misleading Statements ,
Network and Information Security Directive ,
Popular ,
Research and Development ,
Tax Credits ,
Technology ,
Websites ,
Withdrawal Agreement
Both the EU and the UK are taking steps to enhance the rules in the financial services sector to add a new layer of direct regulation for key technology providers to banks and other regulated financial services institutions –...more
10/17/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Enforcement Actions ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Information Technology ,
Popular ,
Technology ,
UK
To help organisations 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
10/12/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Germany ,
Net Neutrality ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
OFCOM ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Telecommunications ,
UK
To help organisations 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 European digital regulatory and...more
4/11/2022
/ Compliance ,
Content Marketing ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
DATA Act ,
Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) ,
Digital Communications ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
Digital Rights ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Germany ,
Internet of Things ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
OFCOM ,
Online Gaming ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Right to Repair ,
The Copyright Act ,
UK Parliament ,
Video Games
In this webinar, Morrison & Foerster partner Alja Poler De Zwart and associate Mercedes Samavi will discuss EU countries’ efforts to implement the Whistleblowing Directive into national law. We will also highlight some...more
Companies contracting with consumers have to take care to ensure their agreement terms are enforceable. In one of the first post-Brexit decisions on issues in an online consumer contract, a UK court recently showed that...more
6/8/2021
/ B2B Transactions ,
Casinos ,
Consumer Contracts ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Gaming ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Transparency ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Consumer Rights Act
Online platform operators have a rare cause to be cautiously optimistic at news from the European court. In a recently-published European Court of Justice (ECJ) opinion, Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe stated that,...more
From 12 July 2020, any business (whether or not EU-based) providing an online platform or search engine to business users in the EU and the UK must comply with a new EU regulation designed to promote fairness and...more
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the process of implementing Brexit continues. One of the key Brexit issues for the tech sector is the extent to which the UK will either align or diverge its digital regulations with the...more
Trade secrets in the UK are protected by both a longstanding equitable duty of confidence and, only very recently, a specific set of regulations. Since the 2018 Trade Secrets Regulations came into force, the question has been...more
A White Paper on Artificial Intelligence from the European Commission provides insight on how governments might change product safety and liability rules to address the issues arising from AI systems.
Five years ago, the...more
Since 2015, the European Union has been gradually implementing a series of reforms designed to create a Digital Single Market across the EU. In setting its reform agenda, the European Commission looked beyond areas...more
The European Union (EU) has reached a provisional agreement on a proposed new Regulation on EU cross-border parcel delivery services. The European Commission’s aim is to make pricing and tariffs more transparent and give...more
The EU has published a review of its vaunted Digital Single Market strategy, mid-way through the current five-year term of the European Commission. “On track, with room for improvement” summarises the official...more
The implications of Britain’s decision in June 2016 to leave the EU are gradually becoming clearer. In the area of government procurement, a paper by the European Parliament has highlighted the various models available to UK...more
Under new rules that came into effect in the UK on 6 April 2017, certain large companies and large limited liability partnerships (LLPs) will be required to regularly publish public reports on their payment practices and...more
Free Wi-Fi may come with more strings attached than anyone previously thought – at least in Europe. A recent copyright ruling of the highest European Union court may prove to be a double-edged sword for entities that offer...more
In May 2015, the European Commission announced its Digital Single Market Strategy to accelerate the creation of a digital single market (DSM) across the EU. The EU’s aim is to broaden access to e-commerce, media and...more
8/15/2016
/ Burden of Proof ,
Competition ,
Consumer Rights Directive ,
CPC Regulation ,
Cross-Border ,
Digital Goods ,
Digital Single Market ,
Draft Digital Contract Directive ,
Draft Online Goods Directive ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Geo-Blocking ,
International Harmonization ,
Member State ,
Online Platforms ,
Personal Data ,
Product Defects ,
Shipping ,
Telecommunications ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
Mixed Messages: Courts Grapple With Emoticons and Emoji -
Emoticon and emoji are ubiquitous in online and mobile communications; according to one study, 74 percent of Americans use emoticons, emoji and similar images...more
With 1.65 billion users on Facebook, 332 million users on Twitter and 400 million on Instagram, it is unsurprising that many companies are seeking to increase brand awareness and customer engagement by running competitions...more
5/19/2016
/ Advertising ,
Advertising Standards Authority ,
CAP Code ,
Competition Authorities ,
Facebook ,
Instagram ,
Personal Brands ,
Prizes ,
Social Media ,
Twitter ,
UK