The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has become indispensable for employers in their search for and recruitment of suitable employees, amid the demand for labour internationally. A majority of the HR managers are actively using or at least considering using AI-based technologies in their daily HR work. While in some...

The UK government has published its much-anticipated consultation response to its March 2023 white paper on pro-innovation approach to artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. Only days before, the House of Lords communications and digital committee published its own report on large language models (LLMs) and generative AI. The government's consultation response...

UK government announces a consultation on consumer protection matters The UK Department of Business and Trade has launched a consultation on creating new blacklisted offences in relation to reviews and other issues including so-called price dripping, a form of dark patterns. These offences would be created under secondary legislation using...

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill The UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCCB) has completed its passage in the House of Commons and had its first and second reading in the House of Lords. A new version of the DMCCB has been published, incorporating the amendments passed on...

The AI Act was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 12 July 2024, a couple of months later than expected, and will become law on 1 August 2024. Businesses need to start preparing now to ensure compliance at the right time for the different types of AI...

The King's Speech took place on 17 July, setting out the new government's legislative agenda. Our Knowledge Lawyers have selected some highlights for businesses from the 39 bills proposed, covering 12 distinct areas including significant reforms to real estate and employment law, data regulation and corporate governance. In general, much...

Negotiated with the Member States in December 2023, the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, the regulation laying down harmonised rules on the transformative technology, gained approval from the European Parliament in March 2024. The EU AI Act awaits final adoption and endorsement by the Council of the EU, which is...

This new UK data protection regime, coupled with the UK's departure from the EU, requires UK, EU and international businesses to take steps to ensure they remain compliant with the two separate data protection regimes which now exist: EU GDPR and UK GDPR. It is easy to think that data...

In his recent keynote speech during the London International Disputes Week, Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Litigation in England and Wales, discussed the advantages of online dispute resolution and referred to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and smart programming "to suggest resolutions (not...