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Marketinglaw: December 2025

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Financial Services

Six a day? FCA sets out reconciliation rules to address safeguarding risks for UK payment and e-money firms

Steps include both internal and external safeguarding tests and a second 'day after receipt' check
Real estate

How can England and Wales solve its fly-tipping crisis?

Why legal reform is needed for faster court possession orders against trespassers
Life Sciences and Healthcare

European Parliament and Council provisional deal on new genomic techniques brings relaxation of gene editing a step closer

Two-tier categorisation of NGT plants endorsed alongside a patent ban rowback but patent transparency measures agreed
Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU's new bioeconomy strategy intends to harness sustainable innovation in life sciences and healthcare

Strategy aims to take advantage of 'biotechnology revolution', boost innovation and deliver sustainable solutions – what does this mean for
IT and data

UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: pragmatic overhaul or regulatory overload?

The key changes and action points for businesses, and how the bill compares with the EU NIS2
The Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA)

UK CMA finalises guidance on price transparency under DMCCA and begins enforcement action

From holidays to fashion, fourteen sectors under scrutiny as the regulator finalises guidance on total price requirements
Life Sciences and Healthcare

The US BIOSECURE Act: is your supply chain at risk?

The legislation could be enacted by the end of the year, with potentially wide-ranging consequences for biotech companies undertaking federal
GDPR for HR

GDPR for HR | December 2025

Data subject access requests: the impact of AI, the Data (Use and Access) Act, and ICO enforcement
Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU triggers mandatory Eudamed use for diagnostics and medtech from May 2026

First modules declared functional under phased approach, with vigilance and clinical studies still to follow
Financial regulation

The EU's SFDR 2.0 – what do asset managers need to know?

The European Commission has published its proposals for a significant overhaul of the EU’s sustainable finance disclosure framework
Business crime

UK Serious Fraud Office publishes guidance on how it will evaluate corporate compliance programmes

SFO sets expectations on compliance, cooperation and failure to prevent fraud