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Initial Coin Offerings: Table of Regulation (APAC, UK & US)

May 10, 2020

Jurisdiction Recent developments and current approach Abu Dhabi Middle ground approach – ICOs potentially treated as securities, cryptocurrencies are commodities. The Financial Services Regulatory Authority released guidelines on ICOs and digital currencies on 9 October 2017 – stating that: ICOs may be viewed as securities depending on the circumstances; and digital currencies are not considered…

The UK government’s plan for the future relationship with EU: The techlaw aspects in summary

February 27, 2020

Plan touches on data adequacy, telecoms, digital services and audio-visual services….

High Court grants summary judgment for copyright claim about Grand Theft Auto game

February 14, 2020

Cheat software inevitably involved copying of computer game, or substantial parts of it…

AI use in the public sector: “urgent need for guidance and regulation, especially on the issues of transparency and data bias”

February 11, 2020

Committee on Standards in Public Life report published: suggests clear standards of conduct and greater transparency will help UK public sector to reap the benefits of AI…

This Week’s Techlaw News Round-Up

February 7, 2020

ASA and CMA publish updated guidance on influencer advertising The Advertising Standards Authority and the Competition and Markets Authority have published their updated guidance on influencer marketing. It provides that the CMA can take action in relation to any influencer advertising for which payment is received. If a brand exercises editorial control over the influencer…

The Legal Statement on Status of Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts: Observations from Ireland

February 3, 2020

A team from Arthur Cox take a look at Legal Statement from an Irish perspective and recommend that the Irish authorities could use it as a starting point for their own initiatives….

The Deceptive Algorithm in Court: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Trivago N.V. [2020] FCA 16

January 31, 2020

Peter Leonard summarises a recent judgment from the Australian courts that saw Trivago sued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over it best price claims…

AA v Persons Unknown: Unmasking the Proprietary Status of Cryptoassets

January 28, 2020

In the first of three articles touching on the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts, published in November 2019, Laura Wright & Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard review Mr Justice Bryan’s judgment in AA v Persons Unknown, in which he considered the effect of the new guidance….