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Regulatory and compliance

Weighty matters: GLP-1s and the UK regulatory diet they cannot escape

As weight-loss medicines drive rapid shifts in consumer behaviour, food, retail and digital health businesses are racing to respond, with...

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12/03/2026

Read time 4m

AI, Data and Transformative Technologies

Physical AI and strict liability: What is the impact of the EU Product Liability Directive?

09/03/2026

Read time 7m

Tech and data

Agentic Payments: a new challenge for Europe’s payments ecosystem

The rapid development of AI-agent-initiated payment models signals a pivotal shift for the European payments ecosystem. While current implementations are...

06/03/2026

Read time 3m

Regulatory and compliance

The regulation of consumer robotics

What are the implications for manufacturers?

06/03/2026

Read time 5m

Intellectual property

Supreme Court opens the door in the UK to patentability of AI inventions

UK brought into alignment with EPO as domestic approach to patentability of computer-implemented inventions overturned

26/02/2026

Read time 7m

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and Marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2026

CMA publishes explainer on its Green Claims Code with focus on supply chain responsibility | ASA publishes findings from sweep of...

26/02/2026

Read time 7m

Regulatory Outlook

Digital regulation | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2026

UK: Online safety and age assurance | UK government to consult on social media ban for children | Online Safety...

26/02/2026

Read time 9m

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...

26/02/2026

Read time 3m

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

25/02/2026

Read time 4m

Poland’s amendment to the National Cybersecurity System Act has been signed by the President

The amendment to Poland’s National Cybersecurity System Act implementing the NIS2 Directive has been signed by the President, closing the...

20/02/2026

Read time 2m

Tech and data

Does your 'account only' checkout comply with the GDPR?

The EDPB clarifies when you can – and cannot – force customers to make an account

17/02/2026

Read time 4m

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

13/02/2026

Read time 7m

Games and interactive entertainment

Hands off the gold: what the UK Property (Digital Assets) Act holds for in-game 'items' and digital accounts

The interactive entertainment industry is focusing on questions around legal property and on its contractual provisions

10/02/2026

Read time 4m

Intellectual property

The InterDigital and Amazon SEP saga heats up with latest Unified Patent Court judgments

UPC confirms wide anti-suit-style protection against interim-licence relief, suggesting it could extend to final relief

26/01/2026

Read time 5m

Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU digital by default medtech plans signal shift in submissions, product information and online sales

E-submissions, digital documentation and clarified Eudamed and UDI duties to steer medtech towards fuller digitalisation

23/01/2026

Read time 6m

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Regulatory and compliance

Weighty matters: GLP-1s and the UK regulatory diet they cannot escape

As weight-loss medicines drive rapid shifts in consumer behaviour, food, retail and digital health businesses are racing to respond, with...

New -

12/03/2026

Read time 4m

AI, Data and Transformative Technologies

Physical AI and strict liability: What is the impact of the EU Product Liability Directive?

09/03/2026

Read time 7m

Tech and data

Agentic Payments: a new challenge for Europe’s payments ecosystem

The rapid development of AI-agent-initiated payment models signals a pivotal shift for the European payments ecosystem. While current implementations are...

06/03/2026

Read time 3m

Regulatory and compliance

The regulation of consumer robotics

What are the implications for manufacturers?

06/03/2026

Read time 5m

Intellectual property

Supreme Court opens the door in the UK to patentability of AI inventions

UK brought into alignment with EPO as domestic approach to patentability of computer-implemented inventions overturned

26/02/2026

Read time 7m

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and Marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2026

CMA publishes explainer on its Green Claims Code with focus on supply chain responsibility | ASA publishes findings from sweep of...

26/02/2026

Read time 7m

Regulatory Outlook

Digital regulation | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2026

UK: Online safety and age assurance | UK government to consult on social media ban for children | Online Safety...

26/02/2026

Read time 9m

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...

26/02/2026

Read time 3m

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

25/02/2026

Read time 4m

Poland’s amendment to the National Cybersecurity System Act has been signed by the President

The amendment to Poland’s National Cybersecurity System Act implementing the NIS2 Directive has been signed by the President, closing the...

20/02/2026

Read time 2m

Tech and data

Does your 'account only' checkout comply with the GDPR?

The EDPB clarifies when you can – and cannot – force customers to make an account

17/02/2026

Read time 4m

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

13/02/2026

Read time 7m

Games and interactive entertainment

Hands off the gold: what the UK Property (Digital Assets) Act holds for in-game 'items' and digital accounts

The interactive entertainment industry is focusing on questions around legal property and on its contractual provisions

10/02/2026

Read time 4m

Intellectual property

The InterDigital and Amazon SEP saga heats up with latest Unified Patent Court judgments

UPC confirms wide anti-suit-style protection against interim-licence relief, suggesting it could extend to final relief

26/01/2026

Read time 5m

Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU digital by default medtech plans signal shift in submissions, product information and online sales

E-submissions, digital documentation and clarified Eudamed and UDI duties to steer medtech towards fuller digitalisation

23/01/2026

Read time 6m

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Nick Johnson

Partner, International Head of Tech, Media & Comms

+44 20 7105 7080 Email Nick Full bio UK

John Davidson-Kelly

Partner, International Sub-sector Leader, Media & Entertainment and Digital Regulation

+44 20 7105 7024 Email John Full bio UK

Jon Fell

Partner, International Sub-sector Leader, Telecoms

+44 20 7105 7436 Email Jon Full bio UK

Katherine Kirrage

Competition Partner, Global Head of Tech

+44 207 105 7514 Email Katherine Full bio UK

Konstantin Ewald

Partner, Head of Tech, Media and Comms

+49 221 5108 4160 Email Konstantin Full bio Germany

Gianluigi Marino

Partner, Head of AI & Digitalisation

+39 02 5413 1769 Email Gianluigi Full bio Italy

Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen

Partner, Lawyer

+31 207 02 86 12 Email Coen Full bio The Netherlands

Chia-Ling Koh

Managing Director

+65 6350 4380 Email Chia-Ling Full bio Singapore

Rafael García del Poyo

Partner

+34 91 576 44 76 Email Rafael Full bio Spain

Claire Bouchenard

Partner IP, Advertising and Marketing

+33 1 84 82 45 30 Email Claire Full bio France

Łukasz Węgrzyn

Partner, Head of IT and Data

+48 795 576 136 Email Łukasz Full bio Poland

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