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We Still Need to Talk About the EU AI Act " and Before 23 July Now the Draft High-Risk Guidelines Are Here
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (311+ words) Here the Draft Guidelines are at their most useful, because they translate the abstract language of Annex'III, point 8(a) of the Act into examples. Two important clarifications are contained in the Draft Guidelines. On personal scope, my earlier post concluded that…...
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, From META to STREAMZ: Safeguarding Creators" Remuneration Interests in the Digital Environment
17+ hour, 24+ min ago (104+ words) Background of the Meta case Exclusive rights remain but they must be effective Freedom to conduct a business is not absolute Implications beyond press publishers in Streamz The first part of Streamz (questions 1-3) once again concerns press publishers. Indeed, in…...
Can Arb Week 2026: Canada is Ready to Meet the Moment
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (314+ words) As in years past, this year's Can Arb Week featured panels organized by leading Canadian and international arbitration organizations, including the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (Van IAC), the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee, the ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC) and the…...
Brazil: BRPTO/INPI Finalizes Guidelines for Patent Applications on New Uses of Known Products
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (789+ words) New medical use and Swiss-type claims For medical use inventions, the guidelines define new medical use as the use of a known chemical-pharmaceutical product to prepare a medicament for treating, preventing or diagnosing a disease or pathological condition different from…...
Is Arbitration a Probabilistic Game? Some Reflections on the Potential Use-Case for AI/ML in Expert Damages Evidence
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (912+ words) Choosing an arbitrator is not just about experience and credentials, but it is also about intuition, signalling, and strategic alignment. It is about loading the dice. The same is true in liability. Counsel's role is to persuade the Tribunal that…...
After Nagaraj: Why the India-Singapore Arbitration Corridor Just Got More Valuable
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (308+ words) Facts and Procedural History What the Court Actually Decided Nagaraj places itself within a line of Supreme Court authority including Renusagar Power Company Limited v. General Electric Company, Shri Lal Mahal Limited v. Progetto Grano Spa, and Vijay Karia v. Prysmian Cavi E…...
What Russian Courts Actually Enforce: A Practical Map of the Arbitral Award Enforcement Architecture Post-2022
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (251+ words) Since 2022, the conventional wisdom among Western counsel has been that enforcing foreign arbitral awards in Russia is not worth attempting. That advice is often correct. But it is becoming imprecise. Russian courts do enforce some foreign awards and refuse others,…...
GPT-NL respects copyright - cui bono? - Part 2
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (200+ words) In the first part of this post I examined what GPT-NL's rightholder-aligned data sourcing policy costs in terms of model performance. Here I turn to a second question: do the rightholders who contributed their content at least get paid? But…...
Competition Policy for Digital Markets in Chile
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (328+ words) Chile has a comprehensive development in digital markets. Between 2019 and 2026, the Chilean Competition Authority (Fiscal'a Nacional Econ'mica, or "FNE) conducted 24 investigations into local (such as delivery apps and marketplaces) and global industries (involving cases against Big Tech in the app…...
Anticompetitive Agreements Within Apple's Distribution Network and Abuse of a Situation of Economic Dependency: End of an Antitrust Saga
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (167+ words) Apple, Ingram Micro, Tech Data, as well as the President of the FCA filed an appeal to the French High Court, which were joined in the decision from May 13th, 2026. On these two points, the High Court simply upheld the reasoning…...