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julio 2023

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill – update

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill – update

1 August marks the first anniversary of the inception of the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) and the start of an updating requirement for Overseas ...

Telemedicine – The Court of Milan provides some clarifications regarding telemedicine.

Telemedicine – The Court of Milan provides some clarifications regarding telemedicine.

Clicca qui per la versione Italiana    In a very recent ruling published last June 29th, the Court of Milan confirmed that the activities of collectin ...

SLAPPs: New reforms to address SLAPPs in economic crime proceedings

SLAPPs: New reforms to address SLAPPs in economic crime proceedings

It’s been a year since the Government published its Response to its March 2022 “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) -A Call for E ...

Green Leases - to green or not to green?

Green Leases - to green or not to green?

The term "green lease"  is most often used, to define a lease which incorporates a number of "green" clauses, intended to encourage landlords and tena ...

Laying down the law:  the SRA is on course for more powers

Laying down the law: the SRA is on course for more powers

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) already has wide ranging powers which it uses to regulate the profession and, in extreme cases, to close law ...

Operational PFI Projects: The Road to 'Net Zero'

Operational PFI Projects: The Road to 'Net Zero'

The vast majority of PFI contracts were signed between the mid-90s and the mid-2010s, all long before 'net zero' targets were set by the UK Government ...

AI investigations and claims gather pace in the United States

AI investigations and claims gather pace in the United States

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT have been in the headlines since 2022, with many users (including children) using the tools to generate content wi ...

Amazon: One of the first tests of NYC's Biometric Statute voluntarily dismissed

Amazon: One of the first tests of NYC's Biometric Statute voluntarily dismissed

On 16 March 2023 a punitive class action was filed against Amazon in New York in relation to its cashier-less Amazon Go stores. The Complaint[1] alleg ...

The EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: six key questions answered

The EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: six key questions answered

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its decision granting adequacy status for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“the Framework”) – the n ...

On the increase: Non-Material Loss in Ireland

On the increase: Non-Material Loss in Ireland

In one of the first written judgements in Ireland regarding non-material damage under the GDPR, the Dublin District Court awarded €2,000 compensation ...