On 12 September Reed Smith hosted a panel for London International Shipping Week to discuss ‘Tomorrow's Maritime World, Today'.

On 12 September Reed Smith hosted a panel for London International Shipping Week to discuss ‘Tomorrow's Maritime World, Today'. Representatives from a cross-section of the industry...

EU, European Union, GDPR, Global Data Protection Regulation

The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU has stated in a legal opinion that posting a link to a website that contains "freely accessible" copyright infringing content should not itself amount to copyright infringement.

The highlights of the first two roundtables are now published and we are delighted to make these available to you.

The first half of 2018 saw a number of significant changes to the Chinese anti-corruption regime, including amendments to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law and formation of new anti-corruption regulatory bodies.

After soliciting public comments since last November, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) published the finalized Guideline for Internet Personal Information Security Protection (Guideline) on April 10, 2019.

Data protection procedures will require an overhaul for any company that offers goods and services, or tracks individuals, in the EU under the European GDPR to take effect from 25 May 2018.

On April 21, 2021, a draft proposed European regulation on artificial intelligence (AI) (Regulation) was released following the European Commission's white paper...

The French fiducie, introduced following years of debate into French law in 2007, is directly inspired by the English trust mechanism.

Starting on October 1st , 2016 the French law on receivable acquisition has changed to become simpler.

Although the French class action system has gotten off to a slow start with only 6 actions initiated to date, the recently and anticipated expanded scope of the French class action system will impact the potential liability and insurance coverage of corporations domiciled and doing business in France.

The possibility to file an appeal following a decision by the CNIL may be considered a strategic option for companies operating in France.

On 3 November 2017, the German regulator for the financial sector, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ("BaFin"), published a new circular titled Rundschreiben 10/2017 (BA) vom 3. November 2017 – Bankaufsichtliche Anforderungen an die IT (in English: Circular 10/2017 – Regulatory Requirements for IT-Systems – "BAIT").

Germany is a leading jurisdiction for patent litigation, yet it is still not popular for those bringing trade secrets disputes.

The conviction of Tom Hayes in the first UK LIBOR trial (click here to read more) is a watershed moment.

Data: The new oil. Does anyone own this asset? If no, does the digital economy call for the creation of a right to data?

With just these few changes DLT proves to be an area to keep watch on.

In London Arbitration 11/17 it was held in respect of a charter on an amended NYPE 93 form, incorporating the BIMCO Piracy clause and the Conwartime clause, that: ..

According to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, a missile test conducted on January 29, 2017 by Iran was a driving force behind the new sanctions.