Topic: Blog post

There were high hopes heading into 2025 that we would see a rebound in M&A around the world, however geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty meant the market was more subdued than many had been hoping for.

Thailand is once again moving forward with AI regulation in an effort to establish a comprehensive framework for the use of artificial intelligence in the country. On 1 October 2025, the National Cyber Security Agency, the agency under the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, published the “AI Securities Guideline” (the Guideline).

Exploring the impact of AI was a key focus at two global conferences held earlier in 2025: the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington DC, and the RSAC Conference on Cyber Security in San Francisco.

On September 23, 2025, Italy adopted Law no. 132/2025 on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The law will enter into force on 10 October 2025 and aims, inter alia, to complement the Regulation EU 2024/1689 (EU AI Act).

California has enacted the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (Cal. SB 53).

Relief events clauses are included as standard provisions of most technology implementation, outsourcing and services contracts. Under such provisions, the supplier is relieved of its obligations if or to the extent that its failure to comply with contractual requirements is caused by the customer.

Liability is often a contentious topic (and typically the last provision to be agreed) in a technology or outsourcing contract negotiation.

Opt-out signals are now a cornerstone of modern privacy. These browser-based or device-level mechanisms tell companies not to ”sell” or “share” personal data to third parties.

The financial services sector is becoming increasingly reliant on cloud service providers (CSPs) to fulfil its growing data processing and storage needs. Financial services providers in the United States have reportedly had the highest levels of adoption, operating 54 percent of their workloads in the cloud; and according to the European Central Bank, banks spent 13.5 percent more on cloud outsourcing in 2024 than in 2023.

Cheat software has long been a thorn in the side of game publishers. But does it also constitute a copyright infringement? In a landmark decision, issued on July 31, 2025, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled that cheat tools that merely manipulate in-game variables in RAM - without altering the program code - do not violate software copyright under EU law.