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Featured insights
Featured insights
Oct 22 2025
2026 Data law trends
The 2026 Data Law Trends report reveals a world in which businesses confront an increasingly complex, multi-polar regulatory environment.
Nov 21 2024
2025 Data law trends - Leading the change
The 2025 Data Law Trends report is here, and this year’s findings reveal one thing loud and clear: the pace of change in data law is accelerating, profoundly impacting businesses.
May 12 2025
UK Online Safety Act Hub
The UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) is now law. The OSA imposes extensive legal duties on a wide range of internet services, backed by tough fines of up to 10% of global turnover. A phased approach is being taken to its implementation.
May 13 2025
EU Digital Strategy
The complexity and global reach of this legislation is unprecedented and requires a holistic approach across disciplines.
Jan 28 2025
10 Key MedTech Themes for 2025
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On 11 June 2025 Parliament passed a Bill that will shortly gain Royal Assent and become the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the DUAA).
The Data (Use and Access) Act (DUAA) will implement a raft of reforms across the UK data law landscape.
On 14 May 2025, the Brussels Market Court delivered its ruling in the long-running litigation over IAB Europe’s Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF).
The European Commission (EC) published draft guidelines on 13 May 2025 (the Draft Guidelines) setting out its interpretation of Article 28(1)...
According to the Rhineland-Palatinate State Chancellery, Germany is planning a new Digital Media State Treaty (Digitaler Medien-Staatsvertrag) to implement the European Media Law.
