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Online Safety

UK under-16s social media ban brings comprehensive curbs on a wide range of online services

The proposal also adds restrictions on live-streaming and open-contact apps, AI chatbots, and infinite scrolling
Energy and Energy Transition

The Energy Transition | NESO allows extensions to Gate 2 offer signing deadlines

Welcome to our top picks of the latest energy regulatory and market developments in the UK's transition to net zero
Data Centres

Planning, AI and cyber rule changes bring new risks for UK and EU data centre development

Operators, investors and advisers are contending with legal and regulatory uncertainty as data centre demand rises
The Built Environment

What commercial developers, housebuilders and investors in England and Wales should know about the contractual controls register

Regulations introducing the register have now been made, meaning key details of qualifying land agreements must be registered and will
Regulated public procurement

CMA calls on Treasury to take strategic ownership of UK road and rail public procurement reform

Following 11 months of analysis, it concludes that significant improvements are achievable in how infrastructure is planned, funded and procured
International arbitration

English court upholds rare challenge to arbitration award

Even in a system designed for finality, tribunals must deal with every issue put to them
Tax

Government considers tax reforms to secure stablecoin's place in UK mainstream finance

Current rules are triggering tax obligations that are increasingly hard to sustain for crypto users and businesses
Unified Patent Court

UPC Court of Appeal confirms long-arm jurisdiction but clarifies limits on its exercise

UPC's jurisdiction not confined to its own territory but long arm is tempered by international law principles, including comity
IT and data

The new EU Open Source Strategy – Europe’s path to digital sovereignty through open technologies

The broader geopolitical landscape has changed fundamentally in recent years. Growing trade conflicts, increasing technological rivalries between the major economic
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance

ESG Knowledge Update | June 2026

Welcome to Osborne Clarke's ESG Knowledge Update brought to you by our multi-disciplinary ESG team
Dispute resolution

Law Commission explores new class actions regime for consumer law claims in England and Wales

The review could reshape the consumer litigation landscape although change is still some way off