United Kingdom: Technology

When the US government forced Anthropic to shut down its latest AI models without warning, it exposed a critical vulnerability in business technology infrastructure. This article examines the legal frameworks enabling governments to deploy kill switches on AI systems, the implications for technological sovereignty, and the practical steps businesses must take to protect themselves from sudden service interruptions that could halt core operations.

The FCA and PRA are prioritising stronger operational resilience, expecting firms to embed robust controls, stress testing and third‑party oversight into their risk culture and core decision‑making. In this blogpost, we consider the following recent key publications aimed at strengthening firms' ability...

UK financial regulators have introduced a unified operational incident reporting framework that will require regulated firms to submit structured reports within 24 hours of detecting serious disruptions...

When the US government forced Anthropic to shut down its latest AI models without warning, it exposed a critical vulnerability in business technology infrastructure. This article examines the legal frameworks enabling governments to deploy kill switches on AI systems, the implications for technological sovereignty, and the practical steps businesses must take to protect themselves from sudden service interruptions that could halt core operations.

Its initial analysis shows broad agreement that no new AI-specific requirements are needed for professional legal drafting, but views differ on the right approach for witness statements.

Technology companies racing to build massive data centres in Great Britain face an unexpected obstacle that has nothing to do with AI chips or capital investment. The UK's electricity grid infrastructure has become a critical bottleneck, with connection waiting lists extending up to a decade into the future. Ofgem's latest Demand Connections Reform strategy reveals how Silicon Valley's trillion-dollar ambitions are colliding with the physical constraints of Britain's legacy power system.

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...

Welcome to our latest quarterly bulletin which contains updates on commercial litigation developments over the past three months, largely by reference to articles posted to our Litigation Notes blog in that period.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a stark warning to unauthorized crypto-asset service providers as MiCA's transitional period concludes on July 1, 2026.

In this edition we round up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 19 June 2026.