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Financial Services

National Security and Investment Bill puts political risk on the agenda for FinTechs

As currently drafted, new powers for the government to intervene in transactions could apply to some FinTechs; the question is

Tech, Media and Comms

The Spanish Government passes a new Royal Decree that imposes strict limitations on the advertising of gambling activities

Royal Decree 958/2020 develops the provisions of the Spanish Gambling Act of 2011 relating to the advertising of gambling activities

Urban Dynamics

What is Urban Dynamics?

Urban dynamics are the changing elements that make up an urban environment: the opportunities and the threats. The people and

Tech, Media and Comms

TV services head towards complex post-Brexit regulatory world

What does the end of the Brexit transition period and recent government legislation and guidance hold for broadcasters and video

Tech, Media and Comms

Ofcom confirms definitions and end-user protection rules for the European Electronic Communications Code

The regulator will lift financial thresholds from business customer definitions and ban mobile network providers from selling locked devices –

Tax

UK Digital Services Tax: what are the real issues?

As unilateral measures are taken globally to tackle taxation of the digital economy, what are the issues for the UK's

Intellectual property

Unwired Planet unpacked: are English courts the de facto global tribunal for SEP licensing disputes?

Is the UK now effectively the forum for determining global FRAND licence terms, and, if so, is that a bad

Tax

Final approval by the Spanish Parliament of the Draft Law on the Tax on Certain Digital Services

On 7 October 2020, the Senate plenary session definitively approved the Bill on the Tax on Certain Digital Services. The

Digitalisation

Quantum computing | Ground-breaking commercial opportunities from solving the (as yet) unsolvable

Quantum computers will support powerful commercial applications by solving currently intractable problems. We consider the pathway to bringing this technology