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Canada and Google Reach $100M Deal Over Contentious Online News Act

The agreement means Canadians' access to news on Google's search platform won't be cut off.
3 minute read

International Edition

European Privacy NGO Files Complaint Against Meta Over Paid Ad-Free Model

The NGO helmed by Max Schrems has filed what appears to be the first complaint over Meta's recently introduced paid, ad-free subscriptions to its Facebook and Instagram social networking sites.
3 minute read

International Edition

SRA Spares UK Lawyers from One-Off Axiom Ince Payment

The regulator has opted against implementing a cap on the amount that can be claimed against its compensation fund, as the "the scale of consumer loss would be too large" and would lead to "an unacceptable loss in public confidence in solicitors".
2 minute read

International Edition

EU's Extensive Rulemaking Spurs US Regulators, Say Former Agency, Division Heads

"There's a natural competition among regulators to try to be the first," said Maneesha Mithal, who led the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection for more than a decade.
4 minute read

International Edition

A&O Has 5 Days to Meet Hackers' Demands: Expert Q&A

A&O faces having confidential data published on the dark web following an attack by ransomware group LockBit—a cyber security expert explains how the firm's merger with Shearman could well have caught the hackers' attention.
7 minute read

International Edition

Designation Model Power Dynamics Upended by Weaker Deal Market

A quieter deal market has affected the controversial practice, meaning that 'lenders don't feel they're being told what to do', according to advisers.
3 minute read

International Edition

What Bird & Bird's Sandra Seah Learned From the APEC Summit

"In Singapore, it's not good enough to say 'I'm good at lawyering,'" Seah said. "You need to be very, very aware of the commercial context in which our clients operate—the business climate and the geopolitical climate."
3 minute read

International Edition

Ex-Obama Commerce Secretary And China Ambassador Joins Dorsey & Whitney As Adviser

"Chinese companies need to understand our tax laws, the differences between states, et cetera," said Gary Locke. "All of this is really an extension of the work I did as governor, U.S. commerce secretary and ambassador to China."
3 minute read

International Edition

Singapore to Add Layer of Scrutiny to Significant Investments With New Bill

Once the bill passes, Singapore will join such countries as China, Japan, the U.S., Australia and the U.K., which have comparable investment regulations.
4 minute read

International Edition

SRA Discovered Axiom Ince Client Account Shortfall Three Months Before Closing Firm

Earlier this week, the UK's Serious Fraud Office arrested seven individuals and carried out searches across nine locations as part of a criminal investigation into Axiom Ince.
2 minute read

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