On top of that, the European framework relied on a set of directives
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Buy Now Pay Later – how does it work and is it regulated?
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is a payment method which is increasingly popular with merchants and customers. This popularity has, however, led to a corresponding increase in scrutiny from UK regulators. This article explores how BNPL works, how it is
European Parliament to vote on ground rules for moving industrial data
The start of inter-institutional negotiations on the proposed Data Governance Act are expected to be announced at the start of the European Parliament’s plenary session next week. This follows the adoption on 15 July of a report on the Act
China Releases Regulation on Critical Information Infrastructure
On 17 August 2021, the Chinese central government released the long-awaited Regulations on Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) Security Protection (CII Regulation), which took effect on 1 September 2021.
In this article, we highlight the key provisions of the CII Regulation
When AI is too smart – Digital platform facilitated price collusion
The digital platform Ageras A/S (“Ageras”) is a bidding platform which facilitates contact between providers of accounting and bookkeeping services and potential customers. The platform operated with an automatised price standardisation mechanism, in which providers who were bidding for tasks
Sky kicks up another gear
Broadcaster Sky saw further success before the English Court of Appeal last week. Following an overall win in its infringement case against cloud-IT services provider SkyKick, Sky has appealed to overturn the point it lost in the court below, that
Can Code Be Law?
Bird & Bird Partner Dr. Michael Jünemann teamed up with the tech-expert Dr. Udo Milkau to address legal challenges of Blockchain-based contracts. A pdf including notes, citations and sources is available for download below.
1. Introduction
The so-called “blockchain technology”
Non-fungible tokens may be here to stay: how can technology law harness them?
It seems that every day a new non-fungible token (NFT) is sold for an ever-increasing amount of money; from the recent sale of the Nyan Cat meme by artist Chris Torres, which sold for US$580,000 in February 2021 to the sale
EU-US Trade & Technology Council
EU and U.S. leaders join forces to tackle global trade and technology challenges
During the US-EU Summit, which took place in Brussels on 15 June 2021, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and U.S. President Joe Biden launched the
Artificial Intelligence Update
Data protection watchdogs call for a ban on automated facial recognition in AI Act.
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently released a Joint Opinion on the European Commission proposal for a Regulation