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UK Government taking forward plans to regulate digital markets The Government has today confirmed that it is taking forward plans to establish a new pro-competition regime for digital markets. Amongst the key points to note in respect of the new regime: It will be implemented and enforced by the Digital Markets Unit ... No longer “too big to care”: EU’s Digital Services Act takes aim at Musk and online platforms Elon Musk’s free speech driven Twitter bid coincides with the EU reaching political agreement on its Digital Services Act.  Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter has been one of the most controversial technology transactions in recent years resultin... The future of the UK bank capital regime: is one buffer truly enough? In a well-publicised speech on 26 April 2022, Sam Woods, the CEO of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority, argued for a radical and far simpler alternative to the UK’s current bank capital rules. Mr Woods was keen to stress that this alternative was a fo... Ed Sheeran off the hook as High Court finds 'Shape of You' does not infringe On 6 April, the High Court held that Ed Sheeran’s smash hit, Shape of You, did not infringe the musical copyright in Sami Chokri’s song Oh Why, granting Sheeran a declaration of non-infringement.  Background The case took the form of a claim by Sheeran an... UK's digital regulators focus on algorithms The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has today published two papers on algorithms, along with a call for comments inviting anyone involved in or having a view on the use of algorithms to share their views until 8 June 2022. The DRCF was establi... Royal Mail and Reed Online pay the price for unsolicited direct marketing emails The two latest fines issued by the ICO to Royal Mail and Reed Online for breaches of the direct marketing rules contained in PECR reflect the no-nonsense approach of the regulator to contraventions of the legislation, with one-off mistakes caused by human... Automated Vehicles Come One Step Closer Whether considering how to reduce product delivery costs, reconfigure insurance models or improve associated technologies such as AI software and 5G and satellite networks, businesses are gearing up for the day when automated vehicles (“AVs”) are permitte... Google responds to CNIL Cookie Fine – ‘Reject All’ now on equal footing Google has announced the completion of “a full redesign” of its cookie consent practices and the “infrastructure” it uses to handle cookies. Under this new practice, users of Google search and YouTube in Europe will see a new cookie consent choice window ... Does prudential policy have a role to play in tackling climate change? The start of 2022 marked the official incorporation of climate change into the core supervisory process of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the regulator of banks and other large financial institutions. The PRA is now actively supervising UK ... Private copying on the cloud? Fair compensation still payable but practical questions remain On 24 March 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU handed down its decision in the snappily-named case Austro-Mechana Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung mechanisch-musikalischer Urheberrechte Gesellschaft mbH v Strato AG (Case C‑433/20). The CJEU was asked to con...