UK government issues response to call for views on Standard Essential Patents and innovation, CMA decides to proceed with investigation into collection and use of advertising data by Meta, BEIS issues order under National Security and Investment Act 2021 and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.
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SCL has curated a programme of engaging and relevant content from its training library to be shown online for free for SCL members.
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Following the Legal Statement on the Status of Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce is consulting on a Legal Statement on Digital Securities.
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The CMA has provisionally cleared the anticipated acquisition of Avast by NortonLifeLock following an in-depth merger investigation.
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The new investment will support the second phase of the LawtechUK programme.
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UK government publishes joint statement on UK-US Data Access Agreement, CMA launches annual report and accounts and impact assessment for 2021-22, ICO updates guidance on BCRs for controllers and processors, Law Commission to consider the legal implications of increased autonomy in aviation and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.
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Law Commission proposes a “third category” of property for digital assets called data objects.
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CMA is consulting on its proposal not to make market investigation reference.
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Many relationships have a rocky patch. Most quickly recover. However, some can deteriorate to the point where separation seems like the only option. When the temperature is rising and heated words are exchanged, what can you do to recover a relationship or, if you are past the point of no return, end it with minimal pain and cost? William Hooper and Anthony Rance consider this question from the perspective of both expert and lawyer, sharing their own experiences of distressed IT projects.
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Data Protection and Digital Information Bill introduced to parliament, ICO issues annual report, Alan Turing Institute issues report on common regulatory capacity for AI, Treasury Select Committee launches inquiry into crypto-assets and more in this week’s round-up of techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.
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