On 1 November the UK will host a global political summit on AI safety, bringing together politicians, academics, lawmakers and industry experts to discuss the most pressing and dangerous risks that prominent voices in the machine learning community fear are likely to be posed by the next-generation of the most capable large language models.
31.10.2023
27.10.2023
17 minutes
In this episode of Legitimately Interesting, Hannah Crowther and Jamie Drucker discuss the UK’s brand new Online Safety Act. They review the background to the legislation, who it applies to, the range of obligations and the Act’s enforcement regime.
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Update on recent trends affecting medtech M&A
23.10.2023
14 minutes
In this episode of Tech M&A, our experts, Sophie Rees and Jamie Hatzel discuss some of the recent trends affecting medtech M&A, in particular recent regulatory changes which are affecting the evolution of the sector. They also discuss some of the M&A pitfalls which have
20.10.2023
EU and UK competition law expert, Stephen Smith, has been quoted in The Times’ article “Competition regulator stands firm over Microsoft gaming deal”.
The piece summarises the approval of Microsoft’s $69 billion (£56.5 billion) takeover of Activision Blizzard, who are the creators of games such as Candy Crush, World of Warcraft and Call
17.10.2023
20 minutes
In this episode of Legitimately Interesting, our data protection experts Hannah Crowther and Jamie Drucker talk biometrics, unpacking the GDPR’s legal requirements whilst offering practical advice on using biometric technologies.
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FSR joins merger control and foreign direct investment screening (including the UK National Security and Investment Act) as one more regulation for deal makers to consider. Early screening and record keeping are key.
11.10.2023
Amid geopolitical tensions and increased scrutiny into foreign (i.e. non-EU) influence on the EU markets, the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulations and
There are a number of issues to consider when a non-UK business plans to expand into the UK. This note provides a high-level overview of some of the key issues
11.10.2023
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What you need to know about the UK government consultation on disclosure of transfers of value to the healthcare sector
10.10.2023
Note: All information was correct at the time of recording.
The Statutory Disclosure Regime consultation closes on 16 October 2023. To learn more and submit a response, see the link here.
Episode 1: Introducing
09.10.2023
28 minutes
There’s no shortage of material on the internet about generative AI. However, in this episode, we’ll be tuning-out the noise to focus on how companies are using this technology to build a new breed of business solution. Technology lawyers Vik Khurana, Anneke Pol and William White will give us an overview of
03.10.2023
This article is the third in our Employee wellbeing series. Further details are below.
In this third article in our wellbeing series we discuss the growing importance and value placed on employer-support for employees undergoing fertility treatment and dealing with miscarriage or baby loss. Employers are used to providing support to employees throughout the