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Dispute resolution

The FOS consults on a streamlined process to clear pandemic-driven complaint backlog

Financial businesses, consumers and the ombudsman could all benefit from proposals to resolve complaints more quickly and tackle the accumulation
Digitalisation

Digital regulation | The alchemy of a strategic framing for compliance

As the scope of digital regulation continues to expand and sanctions for non-compliance ramp up, how can you turn onerous

Energy and Utilities

Urgent measures to mitigate the impact of the increase in natural gas prices in the retail gas and electricity markets

Published Royal Decree-Law 17/2021, of 14 September, on urgent measures to mitigate the impact of the increase in natural gas

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

Tech, Media and Comms

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