The UK IP office has published a report on AI patenting trends - both worldwide and in the UK. The report provides food for thought, not only for

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Back in March, Lord Tyrie, the Chairman of the UK Competition and Markets Authority, proposed that the CMA gain tough new powers to allow it to

It is widely accepted that the current suspicious activities reporting regime (“SARs”) under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) and the Terrorism

Money laundering risks in capital markets have been a focus for regulators since capital markets were identified by the UK Government as posing a

At the end of May, the Final Report of the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act) was laid before Parliament. One of the

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared PayPal’s $2.2 billion acquisition of Swedish fintech company iZettle after

The dust has yet to settle following the European election results and there is much that remains to be decided. Indeed today (28 May) the Conference

It is a story as old as the financial crisis: Italian Borrower meets Bank, they enter into a loan agreement subject to Italian law and (exclusive)

On 7 May, David Lidington, the de facto UK Deputy Prime Minister confirmed that, despite the UK Government’s desire to have left the EU prior to 23

The retail market continues to dominate headlines in 2019, with a number of high-profile administrations and a continued stream of company voluntary

Provisional texts containing the political agreement with regard to the proposals for reform of the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS)

The UK High Court has recently looked at how a valuable data-set - consisting of horse-racing data - might be protected by IP rights or the law of

From a lawyer’s standpoint, one of the most fascinating things about the evolution of technology is how it requires us to go back to basics with core

Parties to a contract should carefully consider the inclusion of an explicit statement in their contract making it clear that they do not intend its

In recent years, regulators have become more and more aggressive in investigating white collar crime. This is a worldwide trend and Japan is no

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