7/28/2025 11:47:52 AM CMA signals end of grace period: Fake reviews enforcement steps up By Andrew Austin James Raeside Samuel Kasadha Karen Slaney +1 more... Show less On 25 July 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) confirmed a significant shift in its approach to fake or misleading...
7/22/2025 4:57:54 PM The UK’s Product Regulation and Metrology Act enters into force By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Harriet Hanks Laura Feldman Braun Scott +2 more... Show less The UK’s Product Regulation and Metrology Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 21 July 2025, with the majority of the Act coming into...
5/26/2025 7:54:03 AM Product Risks Today: Digital services in the scope of the new Product Liability Directive By Moritz Becker Lutz Riede Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Hannah Meyer +2 more... Show less Introduction The new Product Liability Directive (PLD) marks a significant evolution in European liability law. While traditionally...
5/7/2025 8:47:07 AM UK advertising regulator’s annual review indicates its priorities for 2025 By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Charlie Fisher Daniaal Azam +1 more... Show less The UK’s advertising regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), recently published its 2024 Annual Report (here). This...
4/11/2025 7:47:23 AM German Election #6: The coalition agreement of the new German government - what’s in it for financial services? By Jan Struckmann Theresa Kreft Daniel Klingenbrunn Alicia Hildner Hans-Ulrich Klöppel Alexander Glos +3 more... Show less On April 9, 2025, the CDU, CSU, and SPD parties unveiled their coalition agreement, setting out the plans of the new government for the...
4/7/2025 3:40:00 PM Consumer protection provisions of the UK DMCCA and the CMA’s new enforcement powers are now in force By Andrew Austin Cat Greenwood-Smith Kate Collister Rachel Duffy Honor May Joshua Hare +3 more... Show less The majority of the consumer protection provisions of the landmark Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the DMCCA) went live...
4/1/2025 8:25:46 AM Product Risks Today: How the new Product Liability Directive facilitates private enforcement By Moritz Becker Anita Bell Hannah Meyer The EU’s new Product Liability Directive (PLD), effective as of 8 December 2024, brings significant updates to the 1985 product liability...
3/27/2025 7:55:49 PM Retrieval duty rejected: Court dismisses new duty for receiving banks in APP fraud By Anthea Bowater Christine Simpson Eleanor Turner The High Court’s recent judgment in Santander UK PLC v CCP Graduate School Ltd provides an important clarification of the duties owed by...
3/20/2025 12:10:21 PM The CMA announces enforcement priorities with weeks to go before the DMCCA’s new consumer regime comes into force By Andrew Austin Cat Greenwood-Smith Kate Collister Honor May +1 more... Show less With just over two weeks to go until most of the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024’s (DMCCA) consumer protection...
3/6/2025 11:49:11 AM UK advertising regulator hones in on “online choice architecture” and “dark patterns” By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Honor May On 27 February 2025, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published an overview of how advertising involving “dark patterns” is...
2/6/2025 1:03:47 PM The new EU General Product Safety Regulation: Implications for Sellers of Second-Hand Products By Andrew Austin Laura Knoke Lorand Bartels Anita Bell +1 more... Show less The European Union's General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), which came into force on 13 December 2024, marks a significant shift in...
2/5/2025 2:13:42 PM UK FCA sets out key expectations of payments firms in “Dear CEO” letter By Claire Harrop Janice Leung Christy Lee On 3 February 2025, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Dear CEO letter to payments firms that are supervised by the...