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Online Safety

Ofcom publishes final illegal content risk assessment guidance and codes of practice under UK Online Safety Act

Publication sparks the start of the illegal harms duties under the OSA for user-to-user and search services
Artificial intelligence

ICO updates its views on using personal data in generative AI in the UK

Consultation response provides interim guidance to organisations using personal data in training and deploying generative AI models, raising many issues
Real estate

How is biodiversity loss being addressed at a global level?

There is a complex regulatory landscape for business as a result of the differing approaches to biodiversity internationally
Infrastructure services

UK government lays out plan to streamline the development of critical infrastructure

Working paper outlines reform plan for the consenting process of nationally significant infrastructure projects

ESG Knowledge Update | January 2025

Welcome to our ESG Knowledge Update, which offers a round-up of legal, regulatory and market news
Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU liability directive for defective products set to impact Spain's pharmaceutical sector

Companies need to focus on safety and accessibility compliance before the directive enters national law in late 2026
Financial Services

Crypto exchanges face increased risk in UK for failing to prevent tax evasion by investors

Firms need to prepare for a wider compliance culture imposed by the government's impending tax and fraud legislation
Employment and pensions

UK Employee Incentives Update | January 2025

What's on the horizon in 2025 and recent developments for employee incentives
Restructuring and insolvency

High Court clarifies how sanctions interact with administration orders in England and Wales

Sanctions regulations won't prevent administration orders but may affect timings and require undertakings
Artificial intelligence

The UK AI Opportunities Action Plan: what it means for business

The government wants to ramp up AI adoption across the UK, and this much-heralded plan sets out what it thinks
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Is the engineering biology sector set to be turbocharged in the UK?

A Lords report sets out recommendations for policy the UK must get right and calls for a national sector champion