9/29/2026 2:39:37 PM MiCA Under the Microscope: What the EBA and the ECB Told Brussels About the Review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation By Alexander Glos Daniel Klingenbrunn The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) published their detailed responses on the European Commission’s...
9/28/2026 1:31:24 PM AI regulation: roll back or roll on? By Anna Gressel Giles Pratt Freshfields is a Lead Partner on The Observer Responsible AI Forum hosted at the Serpentine Gallery in London on 24 September 2026. The...
9/28/2026 9:54:37 AM Patrolling the perimeter: Final FCA Perimeter Guidance and Amendments to the UK Cryptoasset Regulations By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Christy Lee +1 more... Show less On 15 September 2026, HM Treasury laid before Parliament the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) (Miscellaneous...
9/18/2026 4:33:37 PM The EU KIDS Act: Europe moves online child safety beyond social media bans By Rachael Annear Theresa Ehlen Laura Knoke Lutz Riede Christoph Werkmeister Fiona McHugh Rixa Kuhmann Jan Niklas Di Fabio Julia Utzerath Joseph Mason Vera Ibes Jimena Gonzalez +9 more... Show less On 17 September 2026 the European Commission (Commission) adopted its proposal for the EU KIDS Act to enhance the online safety of minors...
9/7/2026 6:54:07 PM AI Training & Copyright Part 3: Recent Case Law by the Regional Court of Munich (“GEMA vs. Suno”) By Lutz Riede Oliver Talhoff The use of copyright-protected works for AI training has become one of the hot topics driving copyright discussions across the globe....
9/4/2026 1:48:37 PM Cybersecurity Act 2.0: the EU’s new framework for ICT supply chains By Christoph Werkmeister Elena Brandt Max Grewe Vera Ibes Leonie Wittershagen +2 more... Show less Cybersecurity Act 2.0: the EU’s new framework for ICT supply chains The European Commission’s draft Cybersecurity Act 2.0 (CSA2),...
9/2/2026 11:21:07 AM The EU’s Technological Sovereignty Package: new rules for cloud and chip procurement By Christoph Werkmeister Elena Brandt Philipp Roos Vera Ibes Max Grewe Leonie Wittershagen Victor Garcia Lopez Anna Lehnert +5 more... Show less The EU’s Technological Sovereignty Package: new rules for cloud and chip procurement The Technological Sovereignty Package sets out the...
9/1/2026 3:45:07 PM France – Tech Law Insights #1: France’s Data Act regime takes shape By Laéna Bouafy Jérôme Philippe Thomas Retière France is moving to bring national legislation in line with the EU Data Act, which became applicable from 12 September 2025 (with certain...
9/1/2026 2:36:07 PM Product Risks Today: No new duties, higher expectations — the EU’s AI-and-cyber action plan and CRA guidance on product-liability readiness By Laura Knoke Jocelyn Kaplan Introduction Vulnerability management (the ongoing process of finding, prioritising and fixing security weaknesses in a product) is under...
8/31/2026 6:48:37 AM Cyber Resilience Act reporting obligations take effect on 11 September 2026 By Theresa Ehlen Satya Staes Polet Quentin Fontaine Leonie Wittershagen +1 more... Show less The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, the CRA) enters its next implementation phase on 11 September 2026. From that date,...
8/19/2026 3:06:37 PM Three years into the UPC: The Hague takes the lead in pharmaceutical patent litigation By Rutger Kleemans Nerissa Teeuwen Three years after the Unified Patent Court opened its doors, pharmaceutical patent litigation has become an increasingly visible part of...
8/13/2026 9:57:07 AM Navigating Regulatory Fragmentation: What China's Evolving Data Governance Means for International Businesses By Ludwig Hartenau Markus Kattnig Thomas Satzinger China has long been viewed as a market requiring compliance with a distinct set of local rules on data, cybersecurity and foreign...
8/1/2026 8:24:07 AM A big splash in a patent pool! Supreme Court rules in Tesla v InterDigital and Avanci By Laura Whiting Doug Jayatilaka Corin Gittinger Alexandra Morgan Tabitha Chopping +2 more... Show less Can an implementer ask the English courts to determine whether the terms of the licence offered by patent pools are FRAND (Fair,...
7/23/2026 8:27:07 PM Navigating Cyber Supply Chain Disputes: Litigation Risk for Customers and IT Suppliers By Moritz Becker Theresa Ehlen Christoph Werkmeister Sarah Hillebrand Christian Sosna +2 more... Show less In an increasingly interconnected digital landscape, businesses – particularly those operating critical infrastructure – rely heavily on...
7/21/2026 8:02:10 AM UK FCA cryptoasset - mapping the regime By Claire Harrop Cyrus Pocha The FCA produced five policy statements and three finalised guidance papers - running to over 1,000 pages of content. Whilst the FCA did...
7/16/2026 9:12:07 AM Growing up fast: An update on the global regulation of children's data By Rachael Annear Lutz Riede Nina Frant Each year, Freshfields publishes its Data Law Trends report – a forward-looking guide to the forces reshaping how businesses manage data,...