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On April 9, 2025, the CDU, CSU, and SPD parties unveiled their coalition agreement, setting out the plans of the new government for the...
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The majority of the consumer protection provisions of the landmark Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the DMCCA) went live...
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The EU’s new Product Liability Directive (PLD), effective as of 8 December 2024, brings significant updates to the 1985 product liability...
The High Court’s recent judgment in Santander UK PLC v CCP Graduate School Ltd provides an important clarification of the duties owed by...
With just over two weeks to go until most of the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024’s (DMCCA) consumer protection...
On 27 February 2025, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published an overview of how advertising involving “dark patterns” is...
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The European Union's General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), which came into force on 13 December 2024, marks a significant shift in...
On 3 February 2025, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Dear CEO letter to payments firms that are supervised by the...
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Today, on 13 December 2024, the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) comes into force, introducing modernised safety standards...
Background On 14 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the first substantive trial to take place in the industry-wide NOx...
Last month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its key findings from a review of 23 payments firms’ implementation of the...
On 22 October 2024, the FCA announced that 20 social media “finfluencers” are being interviewed under caution under its criminal powers....