Skip to main content
  1. Resources

Technology quotient

Keeping you ahead of the curve

Our podcasts, reports and blogs offer legal insights and practical tips on key issues at the intersection of technology and the law.

Blogs

The new DLT Pilot Regime – the start of a new era in securities trading and settlement?

On 23 March 2023, the new DLT Pilot Regime entered into force. This European market infrastructure regulation aims to promote distributed ledger technology (DLT) in securities trading and settlement…

Author(s): Daniel Klingenbrunn, Jan Struckmann, Alexander Glos

  • cryptocurrency
  • financing and capital markets
  • fintech
  • ico
  • regulatory

Employee data privacy in Asia: untying the knotty issues

We held a webinar for clients with the same title earlier this month. The session attracted one of our highest attendances ever in Asia for a single seminar, demonstrating the interest level in the…

Author(s): Richard Bird, Nicola Jones, Fan Li

ChatGPT emerges as US Copyright Office rejects copyright in AI-generated artwork

On 21 February 2023 the United States Copyright Office made a significant decision in the realm of AI, copyright and artwork. The Copyright Office took the unusual step of cancelling Kristina…

Author(s): Menachem Kaplan, Edward Beard, Marissa Yu

  • chatgpt
  • ai
  • copyright

UK announces data law reforms – third time’s the charm?

On 8 March 2023 the UK government introduced the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill to Parliament (the Bill). The Bill reflects the government’s view that some elements of the UK’s…

Author(s): Adam Gillert, Rachael Annear, Giles Pratt

  • ai
  • data
  • data protection
  • gdpr
  • ico
  • internet of things
  • tech media and telecoms
  • telecommunications
  • europe

BaFin’s new guidance on regulatory treatment of Non-Fungible Tokens

A short history of the short history of NFT Over the last two years, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) seemed to be everywhere. Their (yet incomplete) success story began as a new means of either…

Author(s): Daniel Klingenbrunn, Alexander Glos, Jan Struckmann

  • nft
  • bafin
  • mica
  • blockchain
  • cryptocurrency
  • europe
  • fintech
  • ico
  • innovation
  • regulatory

European Media Freedom Act and M&A - Flying under the radar, but could have a material impact on future transactions

Up till now, the reactions to the European Commission’s (Commission) proposal for a European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) have not so much focused on media transactions. However, unless amended during…

Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Katharina-Sophia Rieger, Eugene McQuaid

Football, Fan Tokens and Financial Services Regulation – A very 2023 phenomenon

As readers of the TQ blog may have seen in the recent post on 6 February 2023, the UK Treasury has published a consultation paper which proposes extensive changes to the regulation of cryptoassets in…

Author(s): Kim Sofroniou, Rhodri Thomas

  • cryptoassets
  • financial regulation
  • sports

Top EU data regulation trends for 2023

2022 was a year full of challenges for global businesses, and in particular in the realm of data protection regulation in the EU. 2023 seems likely to be no less demanding. New laws, increasing and…

Author(s): Christoph Werkmeister, Michael Schwaab, Annabelle Hamelin

Previous
Next
Read all blogs

Podcasts

View all podcasts

Country Selector

Our regional experience

Europe

Americas

Asia-Pacific

Middle East

Africa

International language sites