7/30/2026 4:21:16 PM The AI Act’s next big deadline is here By Charlie Hawes Vik Khurana Tom Sharpe On 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act reaches its general date of application - the point at which most of its provisions take effect and...
7/30/2026 4:16:39 PM The European Commission's Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content By Georgia Austin Gabriela Swiderska Charlie Hawes Vik Khurana Tom Sharpe +2 more... Show less On 2 August 2026, the transparency obligations for AI providers and deployers under Article 50 of the EU AI Act start to apply. To help...
7/30/2026 12:31:32 PM Update: Court of Appeal hands down judgment in second-hand software dispute By Anna Cook The Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment relating to the ongoing Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) dispute between JJH Enterprises...
7/29/2026 4:54:08 PM Microsoft, Copilot and subscription transparency: CMA opens new consumer protection investigation By Naina Patel The latest UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation has recently been announced, this time looking into Microsoft’s...
7/29/2026 3:55:23 PM New MHRA guidance on regulation of Ambient Voice Technology (AI Scribes) By Jamie Hatzel The MHRA today released new guidance (AVT Guidance) on Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) products and the circumstances in which these do...
7/28/2026 2:24:13 PM Bristows' SnippITs - The bespoke bargain bites back By Adrian Sim Naina Patel This post is part of the Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions for the...
7/28/2026 2:12:34 PM Bristows’ SnippITs – Bargaining ships: Supreme Court decision on loss of bargain damages By Freya Ollerearnshaw Naomi Foale This post is part of the Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions for the...
7/27/2026 8:33:22 PM Stop press: UK Supreme Court decision in Tesla v InterDigital & Avanci By Nadine Bleach The UK Supreme Court has today decided that the UK court has jurisdiction to determine claims challenging the FRAND rates offered by SEP...
7/27/2026 1:08:00 PM BIOSECURE Act for UK and EU life sciences companies: navigating China–US contracting risks By James Johnston Claire Smith The global biotech market is moving along two conflicting paths. On the one hand, Western pharmaceutical companies are seeking new...
7/27/2026 9:12:18 AM Irides: Weekly global patent litigation update By Gregory Bacon James Boon Jonathan Ross Melissa Dix Rebekka Thomas +2 more... Show less This edition features updates from: The United Kingdom (UK), China and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The Irides Weekly Update is our...
7/22/2026 9:04:05 AM AI governance in practice: moving from policy to live controls By Tom Sharpe Vik Khurana Many organisations now have AI policies and governance frameworks in place. The challenge is to create controls that are clear enough to...
7/21/2026 9:29:00 AM Spotlight on Agentic AI | Agentic AI and Consumer Protection By Alice Esuola-Grant Jamie Cox-Deakins Consumer protection law has grown in prominence with the introduction of the UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024...