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FR1349 30 April 2026 Competition Law In China FR1350 7 May 2026 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 the... 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 original... No tax, no treaty exemption? Italian court denies exemption for untaxed gains Can a taxpayer rely on a treaty exemption on the disposal of a shareholding if the gain is not taxed in the taxpayer’s state of residence? In decision no. 2734/2025, the second-instance Lombardy Tax Court said “no” and made treaty exemption conditional on... 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 attention... 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 authorities across... UK faces "perfect storm" for cyber security: Lessons for boards from ‘Cyber UK’ We’ve just returned from Cyber UK (the Government’s flagship cyber security conference) with the clear message that (i) the UK is facing the perfect storm in terms of cyber risk – acute geopolitical uncertainty combined with fast-developing technological... Law Commission launches project on consumer class actions regime On 20 April 2026, the Law Commission of England and Wales announced a new project to examine whether a class actions regime should be introduced for consumer law claims.  The project will have two core objectives: (1) assessing the benefits and risks of...