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6/19/2026 11:33:04 AM

CMA settles with Marks Electrical over investigation into pre-selected extra charges

By Tim Blanchard Steve Miller

The CMA has ordered appliances retailer Marks Electrical to refund around £600,000 to nearly 40,000 customers and pay a £720,000 fine for...

6/17/2026 12:26:10 PM

By Issy Spiro

On 19 May 2026, the Commission published draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems. In our previous blog we provided...

6/17/2026 7:37:58 AM

By Catherine O'Callaghan Will Manley Laura Houston +1 more...

The UK Government has announced plans to ban social media platforms from offering services to children under 16. The announcement is one...

6/16/2026 11:24:45 AM

By Lily Latimer Smith Laura Houston Will Manley +1 more...

After consulting on two previous drafts in the last six months, the Commission published its Code of Practice on Transparency of...

6/10/2026 3:44:37 PM

By Ross Francis-Pike Amelia Tai

Labour MP Jess Asato has filed what is believed to be the first English law claim concerning non-consensual intimate deepfakes in the...

6/9/2026 9:20:44 AM

By Catherine O'Callaghan Laura Houston Will Manley +1 more...

The European Commission has issued a landmark €200 million fine against Temu for breaching the Digital Services Act (“DSA”). The...

6/8/2026 10:33:44 AM

By Ross Francis-Pike Emily Thornton

AI use by lawyers has hit the headlines recently, with a number of high profile judgments on this topic from courts in both the UK and...

6/2/2026 8:08:02 AM

By Laura Houston Will Manley Bryony Bacon

On 21 May, Ofcom published a statement and an update report on how major platforms are protecting children online in the UK. This latest...