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Sanctions and export control | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2026

OFSI publishes response to consultation on sanctions enforcement | OFSI publishes response to consultation on sanctions enforcement | OFSI collaborates
Regulatory Outlook

Telecoms | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2026

Ofcom asks for stakeholder views on the impact of AI on telecoms customers | Ofcom publishes regulations enabling satellite direct
Regulatory Outlook

Products | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2026

General/digital products: EU product compliance: digitalisation and common specifications proposals | Proposal to amend EU regulations on AI rules Life
IT and data

UK ICO fines online platform £14.47m and warns that age self-declaration is not enough to protect children

Regulator makes clear that age self-declaration is legally insufficient where children face risk online
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Enactment of BBNJ Act brings UK closer to ratifying High Seas Treaty

Secondary legislation still required to meet treaty obligations before ratification
Financial Services

FCA finalises UK buy-now, pay-later credit rules ahead of July implementation

No major change from the regulator and only minor changes for firms to consider while preparing for regulation
Data protection and privacy regulation

UK ICO explains the Data (Use and Access) Act's new data protection complaints requirements

With less than six months until new obligations take effect, guidance offers controllers practical steps for compliance
The Building Safety Act

UK Upper Tribunal upholds remediation contribution order against developer and associated entities

Guidance issued on contributions to costs of remediation and new reality of group liability under the Building Safety Act
Intellectual property

UK Supreme Court confirms that 'milk' cannot be used for plant-based products in trade mark dispute

'Post Milk Generation' mark found invalid for oat-based food and drinks due to a breach of EU-derived law
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance

ESG Knowledge Update | February 2026

Welcome to our Osborne Clarke ESG Knowledge Update, which offers a round-up of legal, regulatory and market news
Digital Regulation

EDPB and EDPS release much-anticipated joint opinion on the EU Digital Omnibus

Both EU data protection bodies criticise the definition of personal data and highlight areas for further specification and improvement
Competition, antitrust and trade

The UK CMA updates its merger remedies guidance

The regulator may be more open to behavioural remedies, but only where it is satisfied they are effective and proportionate