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Tech Disputes - Summer 2023

Key developments include:

• Key amendments by the EU Parliament to the EU AI Act
• Wall Street Firms fined a total of $549m for widespread failure to maintain electronic records
• European Commission Investigates Microsoft for Anti-Competitive Practices in relation to Teams
• CMA provisionally approves Microsoft-Activision’s Restructured Proposal
• Six ‘Gatekeepers’ designated under the EU’ Digital Markets Act (DMA)

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Tech Disputes – Spring 2023

Key developments include:

• Meta fined €1.2bn for failure to protect the personal data of users that was transferred from EU to US
• The ICO fines TikTok £12.7m for failing to protect children's privacy
• UK Government publishes the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DCCB)
• European Data Protection Board (EDPB) publishes revised guidelines on Personal Data Breach Notification
• European Commission (EC) approves Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision Blizzard

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Tech Disputes - Winter 2022/2023

Key developments include:

• Microsoft – Activision Blizzard deal would lead to higher prices, fewer choices, and less innovation for UK gamers
• EU Directive on measures for high common level of cybersecurity now published
• French Regulator fines Discord, Microsoft’s Irish Unit and TikTok for data protection breaches
• UK Competition Markets Authority sees emerging clean-energy markets such as EVs as a priority focus
• HM Treasury launches consultation on regulating crypto assets
• Meta Ireland fined €390m by the Data Protection Commission and a follow-on Class Action

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Tech Disputes - Autumn 2022

Key developments include:

• Collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX
• CMA ruling on the acquisition of Meta (Facebook Inc) of Giphy Inc
• Proposed Revised Product Liability Directive
• UK Government plans to replace UK GDPR
• IPO guidance on AI invention patent applications
• Law Commission Consultation on Digital Assets

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Tech Disputes - Summer 2022

Key developments include:

• Plans to reform the UK Data Protection Act
• Chinese Government sets out new policy for cross-border data transfer
• Report on credential stuffing attacks
• First Draft of the Artificial Intelligence Act
• European Commission proposal on corporate sustainability

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Tech Disputes – Spring 2022

Key developments include:

• UK Government sets out its priorities for the digital regulatory landscape
• Final Report published: Consumer Internet of Things (IoT) sector inquiry
• UK Government to add a duty to forthcoming Online Safety Bill: Covering fraudulent adverts
• European Data Protection Board Guidelines: Updated to reflect Data Subject Access Rights
• European Commission publishes its proposals on the EU Data Act
• ESG: Human Rights and Environmental due diligence proposal

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Tech Disputes – Summer 2021

Key developments include:

• New pro-competition regime proposed: Consultation on digital markets.
• Provisional findings published: Consumer Internet of Things sector inquiry.
• Revisions to Broadband Guidelines proposed: European Commission invites views.
• New EU requirements proposed: Electric Vehicle Batteries.
• Consultation on mobile phones and tablets: Sustainable design and energy labelling.

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Tech Disputes – Spring 2021

Key developments include:

• Areas of action identified: EU Cybersecurity Strategy adopted.
• New regulator announced: Tackling concentration of power among the ‘tech giants’.
• New criminal offences proposed: Consultation on “intimate image abuse” offences.
• Regulatory framework proposed: Consultation on autonomous vehicles.
• Ofcom report published: The emerging technologies identified as disruptors and influencers.

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