On November 18, days before the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 was due to start, Anheuser-Busch InBev (the owner of Budweiser, a World Cup sponsor since 1985) was dealt an unexpected yellow card: FIFA issued a statement that...more
Heading into 2023, Asia’s tech scene is well-positioned for strong growth potential. As with any industry where advancement and innovation are outpacing regulation, the complex landscape can be difficult for businesses to...more
11/1/2022
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Data Privacy ,
Digital Assets ,
Due Diligence ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
FinTech ,
Mergers ,
Metaverse ,
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Patent Litigation ,
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Startups ,
Virtual Reality
On September 15, the EU Commission published a proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act (Proposed CRA), which builds on the 2020 EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the 2020 EU Security Union Strategy, with the aim of ensuring the...more
On July 18, 2022, the UK government published high-level proposals for its approach to regulating uses of artificial intelligence (AI), as part of its National AI Strategy and, more broadly, its UK Digital Strategy. The...more
Following an initial announcement in early 2021, the UK government has recently launched its first National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy. This new strategy indicates that the United Kingdom may be planning on...more
Having recently announced the launch of the new UK Cyber Security Council, the UK government has followed up by announcing its plans to publish a new National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (the AI Strategy) later this...more
As part of its five-year, £1.9 billion ($2.65 million) national cybersecurity strategy, the UK government on February 9 announced the launch of the UK Cyber Security Council (Council), a new independent body to support career...more
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently handed down two of the largest fines relating to a data breach in UK history.
In August 2018, British Airways (BA) was subject to a cyberattack which breached the...more
11/6/2020
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Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Marriott ,
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UK
On 7 September 2020, the UK government published a call for views on the future relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP). Though the government called for views on all areas of...more
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published on December 9, 2019, its report on financial institutions’ increasing reliance on third parties to provide cloud computing services (the Report)....more