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A costly trip: Lessons from China's RMB 5.2 billion Trip.com decisions On 25 July 2026, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) found that Trip.com had abused its dominant position by imposing exclusivity and price parity requirements on hotels through algorithms, automated price adjustment tools and other...
Tourist attraction tickets cartel case On 4 March 2026, the Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) handed down its judgment in Competition Commission v Gray Line Tours of Hong Kong Ltd & Ors [2026] HKCT 1, dismissing the case brought by the Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC) case against...
Information flows on UK IPOs: FCA reverses 2018 changes to COBS rules Following changes to the FCA Handbook made this month, on a Main Market IPO syndicate banks no longer have to offer unconnected analysts equal access to the issuer, and can disseminate research immediately after a registration document has been published....
SM Treasury Insights: What's next for corporate treasury? A year after the announcement of the Leeds Reforms, the UK's financial services reform agenda continues to gather pace, with developments across banking, pensions, payments and capital markets regulation moving from policy discussion towards...
Manifesto commitments: Potential impact on UK Energy and Infrastructure The UK General Election on 4 July 2024 takes place in the broader context of heightened geopolitical tensions and inflationary pressures, with energy security, net zero targets, and economic growth remaining key concerns on both the national and...
The Lens Newsletter - July 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Cutting out the middle man: Digital Regulatory Reporting On 7 April 2020 the FCA published its 2020/21 Business Plan announcing that,...
The Lens Newsletter - August 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Parliament approves ICO code of practice which aims to make children safer online. On 12 August the Information Commissioner’s Office...
The Lens Newsletter - October 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. US responds to Schrems II judgment. As many will know, the Schrems II decision has caused quite a stir in the data privacy community,...
The Lens Newsletter - November 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Export control, trade wars and Brexit Brexit and the US-China trade war are generating significant new developments in the historically...
The Lens Newsletter - December 2020 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. ENISA issues guidelines on securing the IoT supply chain On 9 November 2020, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)...
The Lens Newsletter - January 2021 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Tech UK welcomes Brexit deal The EU and UK finally agreed a deal, the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (‘TCA’), on 24 December, but...
The Lens Newsletter - February 2021 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Judge raises the stakes: domain names are intangible property Business.com for $345m in 2007. Lasvegas.com for $90m in 2005....
The Lens Newsletter - March 2021 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. The ePrivacy Regulation finally jumps out of the frying pan - but into the fire? The GDPR hasn't been the only EU privacy reform on the...
The Lens Newsletter - April 2021 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Close collaboration: operational resilience and cyber resilience.  Last week the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Prudential...
The Lens Newsletter - May 2021 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Reporting ransomware payments and regulating cryptocurrencies: international task force publishes new plan to tackle ransomware. As a...