All Insights

Blockchain

Law Commission launches digital assets consultation

UK businesses involved in crypto-token transactions have an opportunity to shape the future regulation of crypto-assets
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Zantac clash is reminder for life sciences industry of need for litigation strategies

Robust defences are critical when litigation concerns one product but multiple claimants and jurisdictions
Financial Services

UK financial watchdog tells firms to review 'buy now, pay later' promotions

All 'buy now, pay later' products must comply with financial promotion rules or risk enforcement action, FCA warns
Financial Services

FCA improves its appointed representative regime amid UK consumer-harm concerns

The changes will specify more precisely a principal's responsibility for and oversight of ARs and what this means in practice
Financial Services

Fund managers may urgently need to register express trusts with HMRC

The deadline to sign up is imminent, with exclusions unlikely to apply for trusts set up by Limited Partnership Agreements

Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)

Streaming market study update aims to keep harmony in UK music industry

Businesses and individuals in music streaming need to remain aware of developments ahead of the final report in 2023

Urban Dynamics

Smart cities pose 'fit for purpose' questions for data regulation

The EU and UK need to balance the protection of individual rights and allowing for innovation in data-intense environments
Retail and Consumer

App stores warned as Samsung found liable for third-party content

The UK High Court denies the eCommerce Directive 'safe harbour' defence in decision on infringing third-party apps

Financial Services

Financial Conduct Authority identifies supervisory priorities for alternatives

Actions speak louder than words and the UK regulator wants firms to embed a culture to promote the initiatives
Regulatory and compliance

Heatwave prompts HSE to warn employers to prepare for a warmer future

Businesses need to make sure UK workplaces are ready for hotter weather and extreme heat is part of long-term planning
Tax

HMRC deadline looms for registering express trusts: what's changing?

Which trusts are now required to register, what are the deadlines and what are they required to disclose?
Digitalisation

UK regulators consider online safety and competition in digital markets

Competition and communications regulators have recently published a joint statement - what does this mean for businesses?