In-House Insights

Singapore financial regulation update: 11 December 2024

Outsourcing requirements for banks (including merchant banks) in Singapore is changing on 11 December 2024. Suppliers of financial technology to the banking sector should prepare for the new regulatory framework for outsourcing released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Digital pounds, digital property: How the UK’s finance revolution is tokenising the future

The UK Parliament has taken a significant step towards integrating digital assets into the wider legal framework with the introduction of the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill (Bill), following the Law Commission's publication of a further supplemental report and draft legislation aimed at clarifying the status of digital assets within the traditional categories of personal property earlier this year.

ASA's approach to AI in advertising regulation

The  Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has recently published an update on its approach to the use of artificial intelligence in advertising. This explains how the ASA is harnessing AI technology through its Active Ad Monitoring system to enhance the efficiency of its own surveillance of ad compliance. Alongside this, the ASA has issued a report on the use by brands of "AI" as a marketing term, providing guidance for businesses on responsible advertising practices.

IPEC rows back from EU's expansive approach to copyright

In Waterrower (UK) Limited v. Liking Limited, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) analysed the leading UK judgments on applied art and handed down the first judgment which seeks to resolve the apparent divergence between UK and EU law on this issue head on. In doing so, it has taken the conversation about the role of copyright in post-Brexit UK to its next level.

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