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Don’t be fooled by the journalistic exemption (Medienprivileg) – in the end it’s all about the balance of interests! Data privacy and journalism can sometimes be at odds. While data protection seeks…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Katharina-Sophia Rieger, Tanja Pfleger
On 12 January 2023, the Belgian Constitutional Court judged that Article 108 of the Law on the establishment of the Data Protection Authority is unconstitutional because it does not grant interested…
Author(s): Irem Güzel, Satya Staes Polet
We anticipate a year of reserved optimism in the life sciences industry for 2023. Despite uncertain financial markets and pricing challenges in the US, we expect an uptick in transactional activity,…
Author(s): Adam Golden, Harriet Hanks
In recent months the UK’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has begun publishing data sets naming organisations that have been subject to reprimands, complaints,…
Author(s): Giles Pratt, Rachael Annear, Adam Gillert
As we did in 2021 and 2022, we've crowdsourced some fintech predictions for the year ahead from the Freshfields Fintech team, with a couple of longer-term trends for fun. So you can skip ahead…
Author(s): Claire Harrop, Cyrus Pocha
A recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) placed an increased burden on companies dealing with data subject access requests (DSARs) under the General Data Protection…
Author(s): Hendrik Witt, Michael Schwaab
The taxation of cryptoassets is far from straightforward. Even if we assume that most tax authorities ultimately want to replicate the tax treatment of equivalent traditional assets, there are a…
Author(s): Brin Rajathurai, Cyrus Pocha
The National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee (TC260) released a draft guidance document in Q4, 2022 giving direction to government departments and sectoral regulators on…
Author(s): Richard Bird
Essential Antitrust #25: Antitrust in 2023: 10 key themes - growing unpredictability and brand new enforcement tools
MedTech - A Conversation with Stacy Hostetler
MedTech - A Conversation with Gloria Seibert
Managing Risk in Asia #6: Managing transactional risks in life science investments in Asia
MedTech and Health Equity for Women - A Conversation with Marissa Fayer
Future trends in Medtech
Essential Antitrust #20: Innovation-driven deals: plan for success (part 2)
Essential Antitrust #19: Innovation-driven deals: plan for success (part 1)
Investing in tech: trends to watch in the year ahead
Investing in tech: regulation to disrupt tech deal-making?
Buyer beware: avoiding privacy and cyber hazards in M&A
Fintech in focus: why governance matters
Tax matters: Digital taxes and trade wars – will the OECD/G20 agreement bring tax peace?
From growth to maturity: what founders and investors need to know about going public
The keys to successful corporate venture capital investing
View from the Valley #7: The future of data privacy in the United States
Essential Antitrust #15: Focus on fintech deals: navigating a tougher regulatory environment
Asia Essential Antitrust #4: Navigating India’s competition regime, including an overview of recent cases in the tech sector.
View from the Valley #6: Should US tech companies be worried about Russia?
Fintech in focus: paying cross-border
Ransomware: what boards need to know about the Colonial Pipeline attack
The EU’s AI Regulation #1: Understanding the draft rules
Arbitration top trends: are investment treaties the answer to big tech’s problems?
Fintech in focus: is open banking here?
Data and cyber breaches: Part 2 – the new go-to mass claims for claimant lawyers?
Data and cyber breaches: Part 1 – the new go-to mass claims for claimant lawyers?
Tech transactions in the spotlight
Navigating the US: Part two - Dealing with the Valley
Navigating the US: Part one - Dealing with the Valley: A post-election rundown
Rethinking the supply chain #1: sustainability and digitisation in focus
View from the Valley #4: what will a Biden presidency mean for the global tech industry?
Anatomy of a data breach – what really happens in a global data crisis?
What every startup should know about corporate governance
The IP mistakes founders make
Fintech in focus: digital identity
Capital raising in the time of COVID-19
View from the Valley #2: diversity, IPOs and director compensation
View from the Valley #1: the impact of COVID
International arbitration #4: data protection and cyber security in arbitration proceedings
TechConnect - Europe's approach to regulating artifical intelligence
Sanctions and international trade #1: sanctions trends and developments
Inside the Freshfields Hub
A global guide to data ethics
Can you own AI?
Investing in startups
How lawyers can help mitigate cyber risk
Tech IPOs - what can we expect in 2019?
The impact of EU regulation on US tech
Cyber security: our experience at the Expo
Cyber security: are you on your best behaviour
Digital transformation: the secrets of success
How to build a digital business
Data and merger control
What's different about digital deals?
Introducing the Freshfields digital podcast series