Trials have been scheduled for early 2027 at Southwark Crown Court of nine individuals charged by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in relation to an alleged unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme promoted on social media. The landmark case is the first time the FCA has sought to prosecute social media...

Peter Warcup, Associate, and Nina Lazic, Partner, at Osborne Clarke consider recent developments for cyber-focused regulation, including the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill that was announced in July and the European Commission’s consultation on the draft revised Network and Information Systems Directive, or NIS2, implementing regulation. This article was...

The Spanish competition regulator, the CNMC, has imposed fines of €194 million for contractual provisions in an agreement between Apple and Amazon. Apple claimed the contractual provisions were aimed at protecting its brand from counterfeiting but the CNMC ruled these were unfair and anti-competitive. The 18 July decision follows a...

The Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered its judgment in Case C-604/22 IAB Europe v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit, involving questions around the processing of personal data by IAB Europe, the digital marketing and advertising association, through the use of its Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF). The framework is employed...

Nine individuals have had charges brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in relation to the promotion of an unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme on social media. The FCA has solidified its position on the communication of unauthorised financial promotions online by seeking to prosecute the nine individuals (including seven...

The King's Speech took place on 17 July, setting out the new government's legislative agenda. Our Knowledge Lawyers have selected some highlights for businesses from the 39 bills proposed, covering 12 distinct areas including significant reforms to real estate and employment law, data regulation and corporate governance. In general, much...

The European Union's new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), which came into force 13 December 2024, has major implications for companies placing products on the European market. The new regulation replaces the previous European General Product Safety Directive, which dated back to 2001 and contained rules to ensure that consumer...

The recent case of Jaevee Homes Ltd v Fincham (t/a Fincham Demolition) (2025) shows the potential pitfalls of discussing essential contract terms, such as the scope of work, price and payment obligations, in casual text conversations. Message exchange v written contract The dispute arose between Jaevee Homes Ltd, a property...

The day after the Labour government came to power in the summer of 2024, the newly appointed secretary of state for health and social care, Wes Streeting, declared that the "NHS is broken". In a plan to turn the National Health Service (NHS) around, the government launched the biggest consultation...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already generating "creative" works that could be entitled to copyright protection, with engineers training machines to create new content such as music and feature film trailers. In the not-too-distant future, an AI system could generate works with very minimal human input at all. The UK Intellectual...