Snapshots Summer 2024
A roundup of key legal developments for the modern commercial lawyer.
Snapshots seeks to cover everything the commercial lawyer needs to know from the previous quarter, aiming to address all the major changes affecting commercial law, from the key cases to data, digital, consumer and advertising developments.
Explore sections:
Commercial
- Limitation and exclusion of liability – financial caps and loss of profit
- Effective incorporation of terms in consumer contracts – sufficiently signposting online terms using click wrap processes
- Contractual interpretation of force majeure clause containing “reasonable endeavours” obligation
- Notice of claim clauses – interpreting broad and general terms such as “the nature of the claim” and “in reasonable detail”
Data
- “Consent or pay” models under scrutiny in UK and EU
- Ofcom and ICO to collaborate on Online Safety and Data Protection
- ICO publishes guidance on content moderation
- ICO forces Serco Leisure to stop using facial recognition technology for employees
- The ICO’s strategic approach to regulating AI
- New development: DPDI Bill fails to become law
Digital
- What in the AI is going on… April to June 2024
- EU AI Act is signed!
- CMA publishes update paper on AI Foundation Models
- UK’s Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum announces new AI and Digital Hub Pilot
- Online Safety Act: Ofcom consults on draft codes to protect children online
- New EU guidelines on mitigating risks for electoral processes
- EU designates Apple a gatekeeper for iPadOS but not for iMessage
Consumer
- The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act becomes law
- The EU’s Product Liability Directive expands to cover digital technology
- The EU’s new General Product Safety Regulation is set to land in December 2024
- Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Regulations: a new security regime for smart devices
- Empowering consumers through the EU’s Green Transition Directive
Advertising
- ASA & CAP publish Annual Report for 2023
- ASA revises ruling on sexual objectification in FKA Twigs Calvin Klein ad
- FCA guidance on financial promotions in social media
- New Ofcom guidance on subtitling, audio description and signing tools for broadcasters
- ASA publishes research on green claims in food & beverage industry
- EU cracks down on greenwashing in aviation
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