18 Apr, 2024 UK Government responds to Whitehead Review’s findings of systemic bias in UK medical devices By Harriet Hanks Sanjana Canumalla Matt Allison In March, the independent review into equity in medical devices chaired by Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead published its long-awaited...
04 Apr, 2024 “Technology: the future of disputes or the disputes of the future?” – Insights from Freshfields “Fast & Furious” event during the 2024 edition of PAW By Vasuda Sinha On 19 March 2024, Freshfields held its annual “Fast & Furious” event as part of Paris Arbitration Week. This year we explored two angles...
29 Nov, 2023 The California Privacy Protection Agency Releases a First Draft of Automated Decisionmaking Opt-Out and Access Regulations By Christine Lyon Christine Chong The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has been steadily making strides to progress rulemaking under the California Consumer...
21 Sep, 2023 Will the UK follow the EU’s lead in reforming product liability rules? By Harriet Hanks Andrew Austin Emma Franck-Gwinnell In summary: We recently wrote about the UK Government’s wide-ranging consultation on reforming the UK consumer product safety framework...
09 Aug, 2023 ESG and people – what are the key areas of focus for global businesses? By David Mendel Amy Rentell Amelia Lamp Global businesses are increasingly looking to embed people-related ESG initiatives. Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements is...
18 Aug, 2022 Call for evidence issued in Dame Margaret Whitehead’s UK medical devices bias review By Harriet Hanks In brief: The UK government-commissioned ‘Equity in medical devices: Independent review’ panel has launched a call for evidence to...
21 Apr, 2022 IP Trends in 2022 - AI and IP: A quick guide – part I By Matthias Hofer Lutz Riede Tobias Timmann Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology is truly transformative. From self-driving cars, chatbots to voice and facial...
19 Jan, 2021 WorkLife 2.0: A robot in control - should AI have a voice on the Board? By Nicola Jones Jenny Tholen Artificial intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous in modern decision-making for both individuals and corporations. AI can be deployed by...
17 Aug, 2020 Designing or buying in AI? 5 things to minimise GDPR risk By Rachael Annear AI has become a ‘buzzword’ and the opportunities that it can offer mean businesses are looking closely at how to take advantage of it....
29 Jan, 2020 The EU, AI and consumer product safety - changes on their way By Andrew Austin Today, the new Commission published its Work Programme for 2020 (further information here), which sets out its legislative priorities for...
12 Apr, 2019 Building Trustworthy AI – Commission Publishes New AI Ethical Guidelines By Anushi Amin Andrew Austin Zooey Chen On Monday, the European Commission (the Commission) published “Ethical Guidelines for Trustworthy AI” (the Guidelines) and a...
18 May, 2018 “2018 is not 1985” – the Commission’s review of the Product Liability Directive By Andrew Austin The products that we use have changed a lot since the Product Liability Directive (85/374/EEC) (the PLD) was adopted in July 1985. That...