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Welcome to The Lens newsletter, a selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders.

Guidelines on how to comply with high-risk AI finally published

On 19 May the Commission published draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems. With the Omnibus package promising organisations more time to comply with the high-risk rules (see our blog), these draft guidelines now start... Read more

Outsourcing and the Employment Rights Act 2025: new risks, new constraints

The Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) represents the most far‑reaching reform of UK employment law in a generation. Much of the commentary to date has focused on its impact on direct employment models. Less attention has been paid to the ERA... Read more

UK government responds to House of Lords’ report on copyright and AI

On 15 May, the UK government published its response to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee’s (CDC) report on “AI, copyright and the creative industries” (CDC Report). As readers of this blog will know, the CDC Report was... Read more

AI-generated DSARs: learnings from ICO guidance on FOIA requests

Individuals are increasingly turning to AI to help them generate and submit information requests, whether under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the GDPR. However, although the use of AI may benefit those who previously struggled with... Read more

Unpacked: Patents Court determines FRAND terms for Samsung-ZTE global cross-licence

The English Patents Court has determined the terms of a global FRAND (Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory) cross-licence between Samsung and ZTE, landing on a FRAND lump sum balancing payment from Samsung (as net payer) to ZTE of $392m. Whilst... Read more

Time to spring clean your digital marketing? Updates from the ICO’s latest guidance and online tracking strategy

Digital marketing compliance continues to be an area of intense focus in the UK, EU and US, as we discuss in our must-read briefing, Digital marketing compliance - spring cleaning tips for 2026. Since then, developments have continued apace, with... Read more

EU Agree simplification of AI rules

The EU has today announced political agreement on changes to the AI Act (the Act) – just over a week later than originally planned, but still only five months since the Commission first published its Digital Omnibus on AI (for details on the... Read more

Cloud and AI in focus for DMA

The European Commission has completed its first review of the Digital Markets Act. While it concluded that the legislation is broadly working and does not currently need to be revised, the review contained a clear signal as to where regulatory... Read more

Keyword-bidding collusion back in the spotlight

Two separate investigations announced today – one by the Swiss Competition Commission (ComCo) and one by the European Commission – have put restrictive practices around keyword-bidding back in the spotlight: an area where competition... Read more

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