Nuria Pastor, Hannah Wallet, and Sophia Steiger round up key data and privacy news from April 2026.

Since April 2025, practices such as fake reviews, undisclosed incentivised reviews and misleading star ratings have been classed as banned practices. The Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") now ...

A recent webinar hosted by the International Bar Association Healthcare and Life Sciences Committee, with the support of the International Bar Association International Franchising Committee and the ...

If you’re operating, or moving toward, a hybrid retail model, now is the time to check whether your framework is built for a courtroom!

European law firm Fieldfisher has advised AIM-quoted Cornish Metals plc on its USD$210 million Nordic bond issue, The bonds will be listed on the Nordic Alternative Bond Market. The bond placement ...

A few weeks ago, we highlighted CD Tondela as a potential turning point in the treatment of labour‑market restrictions in professional sport, particularly as regards whether “no‑poach” arrangements ...

With its reform proposal to the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR; COM(2025) 1023 final) presented on 16 December 2025, the ...

The EU designs regime was reformed recently with most changes taking effect from 1 May 2025 (see our article here for further ...

The Online Safety Act (OSA) was passed in 2023. It heralded a change in approach to online regulation in the UK. Online ...

Time is quickly approaching 19 June, the date by which data subjects will formally be able to make complaints to UK data ...

Earlier this year, the UK government and NICE announced the National HealthTech Access Programme (NHAP) to support earlier and more equitable access to selected medical technologies within the NHS ...

The UK government has introduced a new “aligned pathway” between the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), ...