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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Get your house in order     After a lengthy period of scrutiny as the Bill made its way through Parliament, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill finally received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, becoming the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act... Online Safety Act becomes law, but with phased entry into force The Online Safety Act (OSA), which imposes a host of new duties on in-scope online services, will, according to the government, “make the UK the safest place in the world to be online”. But the Act has proven particularly divisive during its l... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – November 2023 Developments in this month's edition include: Sound practices in counterparty credit risk – ECB publishes report Annual Work Programme 2024 – published by EBA EU-UK Financial Regulatory Forum – HM Treasury and European Commissio... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: European Court of Justice rules non-compete clauses between companies in different sectors can be "by object" restriction On 26 October 2023, the European Court of Justice found that cross-market non-compete clauses may constitute a restriction of competition by object, even when the underlying agreement can give rise to consumer benefits. On 26 October 2023, the European C... The Legal 500: Blockchain Country Comparative Guide 2023 - Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong law.   1.     Please provide a high-level overview of... The Legal 500: Blockchain Country Comparative Guide 2023 - 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 1. Please provide a high-level overview ... The CFA affirms the SFC's power to tackle cross-border market misconduct This briefing highlights the main points of the CFA's decision to affirm the SFC's power to tackle cross-border market misconduct The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (“CFA”) recently decided that the Securities and Futures Commis... Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 23 In this issue: Regulatory guidance, Enforcement overview, Case law update, Views from South East Asia, and Data Privacy at Slaughter and May Well, it certainly has been a busy autumn. We were delighted to discuss data commercialisatio... 2023: A pivotal moment for payments In this article we take stock of trends shaping the UK’s financial and payment systems, and the regulatory response to those trends. Introducing the current landscape The UK payments landscape in 2023 represents the confluence of three broad trend... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: CMA clears Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard On 13 October 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it had cleared Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard under a new deal in which Microsoft would not acquire Activision’s cloud streaming rights outside t...