On 6 May 2022 the Government confirmed its approach to strengthen digital competition regulation in the UK.[1] The UK is now on the verge of publishing the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (the “Bill”) which will be broadly aligned with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (“DMA”). However, will the Bill be fit for purpose?…
Recently the European Union set in motion what may become a very significant overhaul of how litigation funding functions across all member states. In a report written by German MEP Alex Voss of the EU parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, a case was made for the EU to make a concerted effort to avoid the fostering…
Questions as to the enduring dominance of London in the realm of commercial claims were raised in a recent article by the Law Society Gazette. It was reported that there has been a marked increase in the number of commercial cases which are being heard outside of the capital. Year on year, the proportion of…
Lord Clement-Jones, Former Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on AI & Co-Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI spoke at our conference on 8 June 2022. Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse presented by PREISKEL & CO LLP as part of the Lexing Network World Conference 2022 Topics and speakers included: Regulation of AI…
The UK government has published a series of proposals to shake up the UK’s competition law regime. The proposals relate to the establishment of the Digital Markets Unit (“DMU”), a regulatory body with expertise in digital markets recommended by the CMA following its market study into online platforms and digital advertising. Under the proposals, the…
The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 (CPR) come into effect today, 6 April 2021. The 127th Practice Direction Update (PD) came into effect variously on 29 January 2021, 30 March 2021 and 6 April 2021. A summary of the main changes to the CPR and PD is outlined below. Overriding Objective and PD 1A CPR1.1 Overriding…
The Council of Europe has published new guidelines on the automatic processing of personal data for facial recognition. The Council of Europe press release can be found here. The guidelines can be found here. While quite generic, they should provide companies with some clarity on the interplay between the European data protection regime and the…
