Online Harms: UK government confirms new Online Safety Bill
The UK government has confirmed that it will introduce an Online Safety Bill in 2021 setting out a strict new regime to tackle the removal of illegal content online, including…
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Digital Regulation 2.0: UK and EU announce details of major reforms
New UK and EU laws reboot the eCommerce Directive, update rules relating to online illegal and harmful content and boost online competition, whilst imposing significant fines and structural remedies
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UK government maps post-Brexit shake up of public procurement
With the UK no longer bound to comply with EU procurement rules from 2021, a green paper and policy note set out wide-ranging changes to how public bodies tender contracts
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Online Harms: UK government urged to implement legislation to ‘resurrect trust’
The UK government has been criticised by the House of Lords Select Committee for Democracy and Digital Technologies for the delay to new legislation to prevent online harms, which may…
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Online harms regulation | Clarity awaited but reforms set to be delayed
The proliferation of COVID-19 related disinformation has heightened the UK government's desire to tackle a whole variety of online harms. The full consultation response on a proposed Online Harms Bill,…
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What can businesses learn from understanding how the lockdown regulations are put together?
In this article, Osborne Clarke's John Cleverly – a former government lawyer and a member of our Regulatory team – looks at how the UK government prepared the regulations which…
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Utility procurement | Government guidance on contract variation and procurement during crisis
In response to the exceptional demands for urgent procurement by public authorities for vital supplies – and pressures on existing suppliers – the government has provided guidance, via two recently…
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Government guidance on public sector contract variation and procurement to tackle crisis
In response to the exceptional demands for urgent procurement by public authorities for vital supplies – and pressures on existing suppliers – the government has provided welcomed clarity and direction,…