United Kingdom: Technology

The Pensions Regulator has released comprehensive guidance on artificial intelligence adoption in the pensions industry, outlining both the transformative opportunities and inherent risks that trustees and administrators must navigate. This framework establishes clear expectations for governance, risk management, and accountability as AI-driven processes become increasingly prevalent in pension scheme administration, member communications, and investment decisions.

On 29 May 2026, The Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Economy)) announced the UK government's plan to introduce tougher laws protecting submarine communications cables.

Workplace privacy developments accelerated globally in the first half of 2026, with significant changes in employee monitoring, AI governance, data rights, biometric data, and cybersecurity enforcement.

The Pensions Regulator has released comprehensive guidance on artificial intelligence adoption in the pensions industry, outlining both the transformative opportunities and inherent risks that trustees and administrators must navigate. This framework establishes clear expectations for governance, risk management, and accountability as AI-driven processes become increasingly prevalent in pension scheme administration, member communications, and investment decisions.

Technology transfer agreements are contracts through which one party authorizes another to use or commercialize technology under defined conditions

At a time when commercial strategy and legal reality don't always sit in the same conversation, this edition explores the forces reshaping how businesses protect value, drive growth and navigate change.

The European Union Digital Services Act (DSA) now applies to all digital "intermediary services" that provide users with access to online goods, services, and content.

Economic, technological and labor market developments are affecting pay practices across industries around the world, but the impacts being felt aren't all the same.

As we learned to appreciate over the past year or so, virtual goods are intangible assets that can be traded within a virtual economy...

The recent launch of the UK Payments Initiative Ltd (UKPI) scheme is an important development for the UK payments market. It creates an industry-led framework for variable recurring payments...

Global financial regulators are advancing frameworks for artificial intelligence, stablecoins, and digital assets while addressing heightened cybersecurity threats from frontier AI models. Central banks and supervisory authorities across jurisdictions are establishing new working groups, issuing guidance, and signing cross-border cooperation agreements to manage emerging risks in tokenization, perpetual contracts, and payment system interoperability.

The Bill aims to deliver key aspects of the Leeds Reforms, drive modernisation of regulation of the financial services sector, enable growth, and make consumer protections and redress fit for the digital age.