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Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (9 - 22 June 2021) European Commission publishes initial findings in Internet of Things sector inquiry European Commission publishes initial findings in Internet of Things sector inquiry On 9 June 2021 the European Commission published its preliminary findings in its sect...

Government proposes new changes to Hong Kong’s data privacy law to tackle doxxing This article concerns the proposed changes to Hong Kong’s data privacy law regarding doxxing and the new powers of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data. As foreshadowed in the paper prepared by the Hong Kong Government on the proposed reforms...

Cross-Border Insolvency in Hong Kong - An Order to Recognise and Assist This client briefing considers the recognition and assistance which Hong Kong courts may give to foreign insolvency proceedings. “Since the court resumed hearings in May [2020] more than half the petitions I have heard have involved listed companie...

The NIS Directive: Genesis, Status, and Key Aspects Overview of the European Commission's proposed NIS Directive, focusing on its formation, current status and likely key aspects The European Commission's proposal for a Network and Information Security Directive concerning measures to ensure a hig...

Data Privacy Newsletter - March 2021 Selected legal and regulatory developments in data privacy for March 2021 We were all relieved last week when the European Commission announced that they had published draft adequacy decisions for transfers of personal data to the UK. The news is al...

Climate risk and the Pension Schemes Act Subject to approval by Parliament, detailed new requirements for trustees of larger occupational pension schemes to manage, and disclose their approach to, climate-related risks and opportunities, will come into force in October 2021. The proposals are p...

New Hong Kong regulatory regime for Virtual Asset Exchanges On 3 November 2020 the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau issued a consultation paper to introduce a new licensing regime for virtual asset exchanges (VA exchanges). This client briefing considers the proposals in more detail, including how they ...

Reinventing the 9-5 - Working from... where? And when? The legal restrictions preventing us from attending the workplace unless it is not “reasonably possible” to work from home no longer apply. Instead, we now have legal restrictions on gatherings, unless these are “reasonably necessary&rdq...

Pensions Bulletin - March 2021 In this month’s Pensions Bulletin, we consider three significant consultations regarding the Pension Regulator (TPR) and its powers: the proposed approach of TPR to the new criminal sanctions under the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (PSA), the draft conso...

Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 14 Slaughter and May Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 14. Selected legal and regulatory developments in data privacy - November 2020. On behalf of the whole team at Slaughter and May, I hope you are still keeping safe and well during these challenging ...