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Competition law and sustainability: Expectations for 2021 The interplay between competition law and sustainability was a hotly debated topic in the competition law community in 2020. This briefing provides an indication of the developments we can expect in this space in 2021 from Europe’s competition regulators.... Dawn of a new era for digital? The Commission’s Digital Markets Act proposal Wrapping up a busy 2020, on 15 December the European Commission tabled its proposed new rules for digital gatekeepers (the Digital Markets Act) before the European Parliament. The Digital Markets Act will operate alongside a Digital Services Act (also pub... Australian Court proceedings stayed in Oracle case to allow for Irish MAP In its dispute concerning whether distribution payments were “royalties” for Australian withholding tax purposes, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia allowed Oracle’s appeal and have the domestic proceedings stayed pending the Australia–Irela... Same Warnings. Same Threats. Bigger Consequences… Increase in highly and nationally significant cyber-attacks in 2025, NCSC announces. It feels like we cannot go more than a couple of weeks without news of a cyber attack hitting the headlines. With household names such as Marks and Spencer’s, the Co-op Group and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) all falling victim to incidents this year, you could... Can Brussels change? One year after Draghi – the EU's Digital Simplification Package On 16 September 2025, almost a year after the European Commission published the landmark Draghi Report on lagging European competitiveness, the Commission opened a call for views on its upcoming “Digital Package on Simplification". In poignant timing, on ... The fair necessities: Part 2 - UK price transparency rules revamped On 22 September, the UK government published guidance on its latest round of amendments to the Price Marking Order 2004 (“PMO”), which are due to take effect from 6 April 2026. The proposed updates to the PMO represent yet another set of regulatory reform... London calling: Lessons on the GDPR’s global reach from the Upper Tribunal (ICO v Clearview) Earlier this month, the Upper Tribunal (UT) delivered its decision, in the latest instalment of the long-running attempt by the ICO to sanction facial-recognition database provider Clearview AI Incorporated (Clearview) for data protection failings. This d... UK and EU ramp up online safety enforcement: Ofcom issues first OSA fine as Commission probes child protection under DSA Online safety matters continue to make headlines in the UK and EU, with Ofcom this week providing an update on its recent enforcement activity under the Online Safety Act (the OSA), and the European Commission (the Commission) launching investigative acti... Financial institutions, are you ready! Preparing for stablecoins Some traditional financial institutions (tradfi) are developing digital assets strategies, while others have been waiting to see how use cases for these assets emerge. That is now changing fast. The US GENIUS Act, enacted in July 2025, will underpin incre... Copyright infringement risks in training Generative AI The launch of ChatGPT in 2022 sparked a surge in both the popularity of, and investment in, generative AI technologies.  Fast forward three years and, as the technology has advanced, so too has the sophistication of the debate surrounding its use and deve...