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UK Litigation Brief | October 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of Osborne Clarke's Litigation Brief
IT and data

Biden paves way for EU-US Data Privacy Framework and UK-US adequacy agreement

Is post-Schrems II legal certainty on the horizon for transatlantic data processing?
Energy and Utilities

The Energy Transition | UK government publishes the Energy Prices Bill

This week we look at the newly published Energy Prices Bill, the approval by Ofgem of a cap on BSUoS
Workforce Solutions

How data-driven business models can help workforce solutions companies

What are the areas of interest in the European Company Lawyers Association report for the workforce solutions sector?
Intellectual property

Implausible declarations?

What a recent English Patents Court judgment suggests for the future of litigation
Tax

UK government U-turns on package of tax cutting measures

The new chancellor has announced the dismantling of Kwasi Kwarteng's emergency fiscal event of the previous month
Workforce Solutions

IR35 regime to stay as is, UK chancellor announces

And the UK flexible workforce market faces a range of other challenges
Energy and Utilities

UK government signals major changes to pricing in the energy market

What does the newly published Energy Prices Bill tell us about the government's plans to limit the revenues of low-carbon
Regulatory and compliance

Civil penalties set to increase to £250 million for UK water pollution

The Environment Agency is to get 'real teeth' with meaningful penalties to deter offenders in the water industry
Digitalisation

EU proposes new approach to liability for artificial intelligence systems

Claimants would be supported with rights to disclosure of information and presumptions of causality