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While still onerous, timely interventions have led to dramatically improved legislation Today, the UK’s National Security Act received royal assent and became law. The legislation was well advanced by the time a key new proposal emerged last year: a foreign influence registration scheme. Its aim, which we supported, was to curb malign covert foreign influence on the UK’s … Read more
Frenetic levels of policy and regulation have dogged the UK in recent years, with companies struggling to keep up and unintended consequences emerging from many major initiatives. Herbert Smith Freehills corporate veteran James Palmer talks about how to bring rigour back to law-making and a stronger business voice to government policy. You’ve been engaged in … Read more
The post below was first published on our Public Law blog How to regulate an emerging sector is always an interesting question to which there can be many answers based on the various models of regulation. The UK’s regulatory environment for artificial intelligence (“AI“) is poised for significant evolution, and in this post we consider whether the … Read more
The post below was first published on our Fintech notes blog. In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 5 May 2023. Read more
The post below was first published on our Corporate notes blog: The FCA has today proposed a revolutionary restructuring of the UK listing regime. Its consultation paper (CP 23/10) sets out a blueprint for the new ‘UK listing’. While the genesis of the rule changes is the desire to attract more companies in London, … Read more
The post below was first published on our FSR and Corporate Crime notes blog: This week saw the government’s long-awaited introduction of a proposed new offence of failure to prevent fraud. There has been a long-standing debate in the UK regarding the desirability of reform to corporate criminal liability which culminated in an assurance by … Read more
The post below was first published on our Beyond Brexit notes blog: Much has been written about the Retained EU law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (the Bill), which is currently going through Parliament. This is the latest in the line of legal developments since a majority of the UK voted to leave the European … Read more
11th-hour reforms to the proposed foreign influence policy will be met with relief by businesses, NGOs and charities as Government makes significant changes. Some concerns remain, and many businesses will still require compliance policies to be put in place for benefits which many will remain sceptical about, but the scope of these will be limited … Read more
The post below was first published on our Digital TMT and Sourcing note blog: As the Online Safety Bill begins its journey in the House of Lords, in this blog we recap on the key changes to the Bill since it was first introduced in the House of Commons and the likely impact of … Read more
