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Regulatory and compliance

How to minimize corruption and bribery risks when hiring a third party

There are different laws (FCPA, UK Bribery Act, the Spanish Criminal Code, to mention some) that set out the possibility

Regulatory and compliance

Commitment to Net Zero to be mandatory in bidding for public contracts

With a month to go before the Cabinet Office's Procurement Policy Note 06/21 takes effect, bidders for public sector contracts

Digitalisation

The PRC Personal Information Protection Law, China’s GDPR – in a nutshell

New law sets out comprehensive sets of rules on the collection, processing and protection of personal information for the first

Regulatory and compliance

Government extends the deadline for using CE marking until 2023

Businesses given more time to transition to using the new UKCA mark

IT and data

Europe opens decider exchanges on the future of regulation of AI systems

The European Commission has made its 'first serve' on the scope of its proposed Artificial Intelligence Act

Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)

Online Safety Bill: Parliament and DCMS proceed with separate scrutiny and inquiry into the draft online safety law

Parliamentary committee indicates timing of pre-legislative scrutiny as the government's digital and culture department launches probe into content of the

Retail and Consumer

A new era for junk-food advertising?

The draft HFSS advertising restrictions are a roll-back from a total ban but may still present challenges for food advertisers

The Built Environment

Osborne Clarke responds to call for evidence on Simplifying the VAT Land Exemption

We welcome the government's proposals to simplify the complex VAT rules for land and property but we urge caution that

Competition, antitrust and trade

European and UK competition regulators reveal their plans to modify the existing rules on vertical agreements

Consultations running on both sets of proposals – divergence will present new legal challenges for multijurisdictional distribution agreements and opportunities

The Built Environment

Building safety: government supports removal of EWS1 forms for lower risk buildings

An independent expert report has urged for a more risk-based and proportionate approach to building fire safety in medium and

Dispute resolution

Construction industry looks to life after Covid-19 and the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020

Does the extension of pandemic protections risk creating 'zombie' businesses in the building sector?