This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the European Commission's draft high-risk AI guidelines under the EU AI Act, guidance from the EU government on plans for simplifying digital rules, and the review of AI assistants for possible ‘gatekeeper’ designation. In addition this week, the Commission published a roadmap on digitalisation and AI in the energy sector, the European Parliament and Council of the EU reached provisional agreement on updated rules for small mid-cap enterprises, the Commission called for the full implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, the Council adopted its negotiating position on European business wallets, the Commission adopted interim measures requiring Meta to allow third party AI assistants free access to WhatsApp, Helsinki University’s pharmacy had a €1.1 million GDPR fine overturned on the basis of the public sector rule, and the Commission published the final voluntary Code of Practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes an analysis of OpenAI being subject to EU GDPR complaints, the Council of the EU adopting two Directives to strengthen the role of equality bodies across the EU and EU agencies jointly publishing a One Health task force framework for action. In addition, the Single work and stay permit for third-country nationals Directive, the Recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, the Euro 7 Regulation, the EU Gigabit Infrastructure Act and the Regulations on definitive countervailing duty and anti-dumping duty on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat (SSCR) have been published in the Official Journal.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the potential for Meta’s US concessions offering the EU leverage in EU Digital Services Act proceedings, Poland seeking a €250 million fine against Meta over online scams, and TikTok facing claims of over €1.1 billion in Portuguese collective actions. In addition this week, the Commission published a list of key EU legislation entering into force between 1 September and 15 October 2026, opened a call for evidence on the possible revision of the Brussals Ia Regulation, and opened a call for evidence on their proposed Quality Jobs Act. Finally this week, the Energy Traders Europe consortium called for the postponement of import obligations under the EU Methane Regulation and EFRAG published their 2026 draft list of datapoints pursuant to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the Court of Justice’s judgments on Malta’s investor citizenship scheme and right to rectification of personal data related to gender identity. In addition this week, the European Commission has published its proposal for the 2026 EU budget, adopted the European Water Resilience Initiative, proposed a two-year delay for the due diligence provisions of the Sustainable Batteries Regulation, launched a call for evidence on political advertising transparency, launched a public consultation to inform the forthcoming Data Union Strategy, published guidance on anticipatory investments in EU electricity grids, launched a call for evidence to inform the development of an EU strategy for nuclear fusion energy, the European Union Intellectual Property Office extended its mediation services and the Council of the EU agreed its position on the ‘pharma package’.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on data protection concerns of the Chinese generative AI model DeepSeek and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and European Central Bank’s proposals to close insurance protection gap. In addition, this week the European Commission introduced the competitiveness compass, opened consultations on four draft implementing acts for the Net Zero Industry Act and published the Platform on Sustainable Finance report, the Dutch Supervisory Authority imposed a €4.75m fine on Netflix for EU General Data Protection Regulation breaches and the European Medicines Agency published guidelines on the use of Specific Adverse Reaction Follow-up Questionnaires.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the Council of the EU's adoption of ten legislative acts to reform the EU asylum and immigration system, the adoption of its negotiating position on the Toy Safety Regulation and the Commission's publication of guidance and recommendations to accelerate renewable energy deployment. In addition, 11 Member States have responded to Ireland's call to adopt the EU Nature Restoration Law, the Commission has designated Booking as a gatekeeper and opened an investigation against X under the EU Digital Markets Act (EU DMA), and the temporary Regulation to combat online sexual abuse has been extended.

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the DOJ’s new guidelines for FCPA investigations and enforcement actions, of the recent Supreme Court ruling on how much consideration should be given to early release provisions in extradition cases, of the resilience of public sector digital infrastructure and the broader implications of cybercrime following the Legal Aid Agency data breach, and of lessons to be learnt following the recent conviction of an art dealer for failing to comply with reporting obligations under the Terrorism Act 2000. Also included is news of the new Investigatory Powers Act codes of practice coming into force, of the ban on bonus payments to senior executives at six water companies, and of the first crypto specialist appointed by the Insolvency Service to assist with digital asset recovery in criminal cases. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

This week's edition of EU weekly highlights covers the approval of major revisions to the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (EU CBAM) by the European Parliament and Council of the EU, the launch of a call for evidence on an EU Digital Justice strategy for 2025–2030, the Commission’s adoption of identification and calculation rules for European oil and gas producers to deliver new CO2 storage solutions and a series of secondary legislation to implement the EU Net-Zero Industry Act, and the Commission initiating formal proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos under the EU Digital Services Act for suspected breaches regarding protection of minors. In addition this week, the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network and Commission’s notified SHEIN of several practices on its platform that contravene EU consumer protection laws, the European Ombudswoman opened an inquiry into the Commission’s preparation of the omnibus package of simplification measures, the Data Protection Commission engaged with technology companies regarding the use of personal data to train large language models in the EU/EEA, the Council of the EU adopted its position on the Regulation designed to facilitate the e-declaration of posted workers and the European Labour Authority supported fair labour mobility and enforced EU labour and social security.

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest sanctions updates, the introduction of a new subtopic on managing corporate criminal liability risks, coverage of SRA guidance on firm-wide sanctions risk assessments, a report on the impact of AI on cyber threat and a news analysis concerning AML reform brought about by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.

Welcome to this week’s edition of the In-house weekly highlights, a curated summary of news analysis and new content from across the legal landscape. These highlights focus on key risk & compliance, commercial, corporate, information law and employment developments that will be relevant to most in-house lawyers.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes an analysis of the Commission’s Digital Omnibus proposal on re-writing the EU's digital rulebook, the adoption of the EU 2026 budget, and the presentation of the Digital Justice package for 2030. In addition this week, the Parliament and Council adopted their negotiating positions on revisions to the EU Deforestation Regulation, the Commission published proposed revisions to the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, the Commission published guidelines on obligations under the EU General Product Safety Regulation, and the Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development approved a provisional agreement to simplify the CAP. In addition this week, the Commission launched a whistleblower tool to support enforcement of the EU AI Act, the Council agreed its position on a Regulation to prevent online child sexual abuse, and two new Regulations tackling microplastic pollution and setting a methodology for assessing emissions from low carbon fuels were published in the Official Journal.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on the Court of Justice’s decision where the operator of an online marketplace on which an advertisement was placed was found not to have complied with its obligations under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Myriad wins Unified Patent Court ruling as GXD-Bio breast cancer patent is revoked and the EU governments aim to reach a negotiating position by late March or early April 2026 on amendments to the EU’s AI Act following initial legislative discussions. In addition this week, the European Commission published a summary and the responses to the consultation on EU Digital Markets Act review, consults on the revisions to the EU REACH linked to restricted CMR substances, launched calls for evidence to inform the development of the European Ocean Act and on an initiative titled ‘Towards European open digital ecosystems’, seeking feedback on how to strengthen the EU open-source sector, announced that the new EU PFAS monitoring rules for drinking water have taken effect and the Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee voted to maintain and strengthen EU air passenger rights, rejecting Council of the EU’s proposals to weaken compensation rules.