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    07/02/2025
    CEE, UK

    EU Commission issues Guidelines on Prohibited AI Practices – Part I.

    The European Commission has issued long awaited comprehensive guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act). These practical guidelines, which include examples and “use cases”, are crucial for businesses and organisations involved in the development, deployment, and use of AI systems in the EU. They have been issued to ensure compliance with the AI Act, which seeks to balance innovation with the protection of fundamental rights and Union values.This is first of two Law-Now articles summarising these guidelines.Background...
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    06/02/2025
    Hong Kong

    Legal update on crypto­cur­rency liquidation case

    Following the High Court’s landmark case in 2023 where cryptocurrency was recognised by the Court as property and could form a subject matter of a trust, the High Court recently further clarified the trust relationship between exchanges and their customers. Non-Consenting Customers (NCCs) who did not accept the 2018 Terms and Conditions (T&C) were found to have a proprietary interest in their assets, giving them priority in the liquidation process. Conversely, customers who had agreed to the T&Cs were treated as unsecured creditors. This recent decision in the Gatecoin liquidation...
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    05/02/2025
    Hungary

    Hungarian ruling could make credit institutions increasingly liable for AML breaches

    A recent landmark judgment by the Metropolitan Court of Appeal may represent a pivotal shift in the tort liability of credit institutions stemming from violations of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. According to the court, if a financial institution fails to suspend a suspicious transaction in violation of AML rules and executes a transaction involving funds originating from a criminal act, the financial institution may bear tort liability vis-à-vis the original victim of the fraud.The following article provides a detailed overview of this appellate court decision, and the implications...
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    31/01/2025
    England and Wales

    High Court confirms Trade Unions are capable of bringing claims in defamation

    Prospect v Evans [2024] EWHC 1533 (KB)The High Court has confirmed that a trade union does have the right to sue another party in defamation in its own name, in the decision of Mrs Justice Steyn DBE in Prospect v Evans [2024] EWHC 1533 (KB) (the “Judgment”).BackgroundThe proceedings arose out of a dispute between Prospect, a trade union, and one of its former members, Mr Evans. Mr Evans had published various allegations in respect of the trade union on social media, which Prospect believed to be defamatory. Prospect subsequently commenced proceedings in defamation and malicious...
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    23/01/2025
    United Kingdom

    Greentube Alderney Limited reaches regulatory settlement with the Gambling Commission

    On 9 January 2025, the Gambling Commission (the “Commission”) announced that it had reached a regulatory settlement with Greentube Alderney Limited (trading as Admiral Casino) (“Greentube”). As part of the settlement Greentube paid £1m in lieu of a financial penalty.Following a compliance assessment of the remote operating licence of Greentube, the Commission commenced a regulatory review under s.116 of the Gambling Act 2005. The licence review found Greentube in breach of the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (“LCCP”) between September 2022 and...
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    23/01/2025
    United Kingdom

    Supreme Court clarifies test for damages in malicious falsehood claims

    IntroductionIn George v Cannell [2024] UKSC 19, the UK Supreme Court clarified the test for malicious falsehood under section 3(1) of the Defamation Act 1952. Principally, the court determined that if a claimant was able to satisfy the requirements of that section, this would create an irrebuttable presumption that they had suffered some (but not necessarily substantial) financial loss, and would be entitled to an award of nominal damages. However, it remained open to the claimant to adduce evidence that they had in fact suffered substantial financial loss as a result of the malicious falsehood,...
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