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Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 20 In this issue: Regulator guidance, DPDI Reform, EU-US and UK-US transfers, ICO call for views on PETs, views from Australia, Data Protection and Privacy at Slaughter and May. The past few months have been turbulent ones with political and economic upheav... Leaps of faith: searching for accountability in a trustless environment In this article we look at two cases heard in 2022: Tulip Trading Ltd (TTL) v. Bitcoin Association for BSV and others; and D’Aloia v. (1) Persons Unknown (2) Binance Holdings Limited and others,  and consider what they can tell us about the evo... The Legal 500: Blockchain Country Comparative Guide 2022 - UK chapter The Blockchain Country Comparative Guide aims to provide an overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety of jurisdictions. This chapter relates to UK law.   Blockchain Market Overview Please provide a high-level overview o... Competition Law in the Digital Age - October 2022 Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is intended to provide insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-sized format. This edition covers the entry into force of the DMA and DSA, German competition law reform, Italian and Fr... The right to a healthy environment: Resolution 76/300's potential impact on businesses In July, the UN General Assembly (“UNGA”) passed a resolution recognising the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment (“R2HE”) as a human right (“Resolution 76/300”). The move follows similar resolutions a... Pensions Bulletin - June 2021 In this month’s Pensions Bulletin, we review two publications from the Pensions Regulator (TPR) - the Annual Funding Statement and consultation on a revised Code of Practice on Contribution Notices in the light of the extension of TPR’s powers... FCA proposes to extend climate-related disclosure obligations to standard segment companies Briefing discusses FCA proposals to require standard listed equity issuers to make TCFD-aligned climate-related disclosures in their annual reports for financial years starting on or after 1 January 2022. For financial years starting on or after 1 Januar... Enhancing climate-related disclosures by asset managers and asset owners The FCA has now published a consultation on introducing climate-related disclosures for asset managers and asset owners, including life insurers, alongside a consultation on extending the Listing Rules disclosure requirements to standard-listed commercial... COVID-19: Availability of landlord remedies for unpaid rent Measures first announced at the start of the initial lockdown in 2020 to protect tenants from enforcement action in relation to unpaid rent have once again been extended. Some measures will remain in place until 25 March 2022. The Government has also anno... COVID-19 protections for commercial tenants - is Government intervention here to stay? Following our briefing issued last week, 16 June 2021, the Government has announced its plans to extend protections for commercial tenants, ring-fence arrears accrued during lockdown and require arbitration for tenants and landlords who cannot agree on ho...