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 analyses on the decision of the Court of Justice clarifying several fundamental aspects of EU design law on fashion trends and originality, on the Commission’s proposal to ease EU AI Act compliance regime for manufacturers of medical devices, and predictions on the enforcement of the EU Digital Services Act in 2026. In addition the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the Commission signed a Joint Declaration setting out the EU’s legislative priorities for 2026, the Commission renewed the UK adequacy decisions for EEA–UK personal data transfers, the Parliament adopted a legislative initiative report calling on the Commission to propose rules governing algorithmic management in EU workplaces, adopted an amendment to its Emissions Trading Scheme State aid Guidelines to address the increased carbon leakage risk, published a fitness check assessing the EU regulations on gas supply security and electricity risk preparedness, the Council has given final approval to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) simplification package, the Commission published a proposal for a regulation on compulsory licensing for crisis management and a proposal extending the Interim Regulation allowing certain online communication service providers to continue voluntarily detecting, reporting and removing child sexual abuse material on their services across the EU. Finally, the revisions to EU Deforestation Regulation, including postponement of application, was published in the Official Journal.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the adoption by the European Parliament of the Directive on 'right to repair rules', the Platform Work Directive, the Regulation to reuse, reduce and recycle packaging, the revised ecodesign framework and the reformed Schengen Borders Code. In addition, this week the Parliament consented to the EU withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), approved of the EU Health Data Space agreement and the text proposing for an EU Gigabit Infrastructure Act. In other developments, the Corrigenda to the EU AI Act has been passed and the revisions to the EU REMIT Regulation, the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) 'daisy chain' Directive, the new rules for products impacting drinking water and the EU Benchmarks Regulation have been published in the Official Journal.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes, the Internal Market Committee of the European Parliament adopting its position on European Standardisation rules, the Court of Justice’s decision in Fennia v Koninklijke Philips NV clarifying the concept of producer under the EU Product Liability Directive, the European Commission publishing its ‘Blue Guide 2022’ on product law, and the Council of EU adopting its decision on accession of the EU to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters. The highlights further include, the European Parliament adopting its position on REFuelEU aviation, the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament adopting A New EU Forest Strategy for 2030, and the European Commission launching a consultation on compulsory licensing of patents.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis of the Court of Justice judgment in Inteligo Media on direct email marketing and ‘sale’ under the ePrivacy Directive, an AI-powered tool launched by the EU Intellectual Property Office, a German court ruling that OpenAI models and outputs infringed lyrics copyright and the Unified Patent Court granting a permanent injunction covering non-UPC and non-EU states. In addition this week, the European Commission published the Digital Package (including a Digital Omnibus, a Data Union Strategy and an European Business Wallet proposal) and the 2025–2030 Consumer Agenda, the Commission launched investigations under the EU Digital Market Act, the Council of the EU formally approved the delay of the implementation of the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation for chemicals until 1 January 2028, the 'one substance, one assessment' legislative package streamlining chemical safety assessments, the European Parliament adopted its position on the Sustainability Omnibus (including major change to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive scope) and the EU climate law amendment with 90% emissions reduction target.

Computer and internet fraud is a broad, non-technical expression describing fraudulent conduct carried out using computers, networks, email, websites or online platforms. It typically involves dishonest misrepresentation, unauthorised access or manipulation of data to obtain money, property or a wrongful advantage, or to cause loss to others.The term itself is not usually defined in UK or Irish legislation, but encompasses a range of offences. In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, relevant offences include fraud by false representation, fraud by abuse of position and fraud by failing to disclose information under the Fraud Act 2006, and unauthorised access or acts with intent to commit further offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Scotland has equivalent common law fraud and statutory computer misuse offences. In Ireland, comparable conduct is prosecuted under the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 and the Criminal Damage Act 1991, together with more recent cybercrime legislation.For legal practitioners, the term is used in advising on criminal liability, regulatory investigations, corporate governance, cybersecurity incidents, consumer and financial services fraud, digital evidence and cross-border enforcement. Usage is broadly consistent across the UK and Ireland.

ISP (internet service provider) describes a business that provides users with access to the internet and related connectivity services, such as broadband, mobile data, hosting, email and cloud infrastructure. In legal practice, ISPs are central to disputes and regulatory issues involving online content, data protection, interception, cybersecurity, e‑commerce and consumer protection.The term is used descriptively across the UK and Ireland, but is reflected in legislation and case law. In the UK, relevant provisions and concepts appear in the Communications Act 2003, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, the Online Safety Act 2023 and retained EU e‑commerce rules. In Ireland, ISPs are addressed in legislation including the Communications Regulation Acts, the ePrivacy regime and the implementation of the EU eCommerce and Digital Services legislation.Key issues for ISPs include liability for third‑party content, notice-and-takedown procedures, data retention and disclosure to law enforcement, lawful interception, network neutrality, and regulatory obligations imposed by Ofcom (UK) and ComReg (Ireland). Usage of the term and its core legal implications is broadly consistent across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, though specific regulatory frameworks and enforcement bodies differ.