07 Feb 2022 Cryptoasset promotions: sweat the small stuff By Elizabeth George The FCA has published a consultation paper setting out its approach to strengthening its financial promotion rules for high risk...
07 Dec 2021 UK Law Commission confirms flexibility of the common law to accommodate smart legal contracts By Georgina Hoy Last week, the UK Law Commission (the "Commission") published its much anticipated advice to the Government on the application of the...
10 Nov 2021 UK CBCD? Still TBC By Tim Fosh Yesterday John Glen, the economic secretary to the Treasury, made a statement on the progress made regarding the development of a UK...
02 Nov 2021 Blockchain and ESG - Legal 500 Blockchain UK Chapter Published By Emily Bradley The Legal 500 Blockchain UK chapter for 2021—contributed by Slaughter and May—has been published. For the first time, this year's chapter...
14 Oct 2021 Is crypto a risk to financial stability? By Emily Bradley Do cryptoassets pose a risk to the stability of the UK's financial system? In a speech published on 13 October, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy...
01 Jul 2021 Plenty more phish in the sea? Cyber risks for SMEs in the supply chain By Charles MacRae 57% of small and medium-sized enterprises believe they would go out of business from a serious cyber attack, according to a new report by...
26 Feb 2021 The Kalifa Review of UK Fintech: UK Fintech’s difficult second decade? By Tim Fosh The Kalifa Review of UK Fintech: UK Fintech’s difficult second decade?An independent review on key priority areas for the UK Fintech...
15 Oct 2020 FSB pronounces on regulation of stablecoins By Tim Fosh On Monday the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its final report and high level recommendations on the regulation, supervision...
14 Oct 2020 A resilient future? European Commission proposes a new regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector By Emily Bradley Resilience is a buzzword on the up. According to Google Trends its popularity as a search term in the UK has steadily climbed since 2015...
08 Oct 2020 FCA calls time out for cryptoasset investments By Emily Bradley On 6 October 2020 the FCA published a Policy Statement (PS20/10) prohibiting the sale to retail clients of certain investment products...
10 Sep 2020 Innovation after COVID: call for a new virtual universe By Slaughter and May On 2 September the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) published the 13th edition of its Global Innovation Index (GII).Why is the...
28 Jul 2020 Sky v SkyKick battles on but permission to appeal granted: more uncertainty for brand owners By Charles MacRae These trade mark proceedings are quickly becoming a modern-day Jarndyce v Jarndyce. As discussed in previous blog posts (here and here),...
09 Jul 2020 Swimming in the mainstream - EUIPO publishes open source software report By Slaughter and May Open source software (OSS) has had its detractors - whether because of security issues (unscrupulous developers inserting poor quality or...
21 May 2020 ‘How did you get in here?’ - What rights do you have against third parties when your IT staff go rogue? By Slaughter and May The recent High Court case of Media Entertainment NV v Karyagdyyev and another [2020] EWHC 1138 (QB) is interesting, particularly for...
06 Feb 2020 CJEU fails to provide clarity on the term ‘computer software’ for trade marks By Charles MacRae The CJEU last week had the opportunity to rule on whether the term ‘computer software’ was too broad for the purposes of a trade mark...
23 Oct 2018 FCA offers support for green fintechs By Slaughter and May The FCA has roped off a section of its regulatory sandbox for fintechs that are developing environmentally-focussed products and...