The technology sector’s defining characteristics of fast-paced innovation, broad industry convergence and global impact bring with them correspondingly complex, global and rapidly evolving litigation and regulatory challenges for businesses of all sizes, in every sector.
White & Case’s market-leading London Technology Disputes & Regulation practice forms part of both our Global Commercial Litigation practice and our Technology Industry Group. We help our clients to resolve disputes and manage risk by combining our deep technology literacy and sector expertise with our extensive experience of successfully representing clients at all stages of domestic and international litigation and regulatory proceedings.
Team members have represented clients before all levels of the English courts, and in various arbitral forums, tribunals and other forms of ADR. Working closely with colleagues across the Firm’s global offices – including in White & Case’s Silicon Valley and Brussels offices – and in complementary practice areas such as data protection and intellectual property, we seamlessly handle domestic and cross-border, multi-jurisdictional litigation and regulatory issues as they arise.
Our experience and capabilities include advising and acting for clients in relation to:
Litigation & ADR, including:
- IT system implementation and outsourcing projects disputes;
- software, website and app development disputes;
- cloud computing and as-a-service solutions disputes;
- social media, gaming and other interactive entertainment disputes;
- telecommunications, infrastructure and Internet of Things disputes;
- hardware, robotics, augmented reality and virtual reality disputes;
- licensing and intellectual property disputes;
- Artificial Intelligence, data protection, privacy, defamation, and breach of confidence disputes; and
- technology and corporate acquisitions disputes.
Technology Regulation, including:
- Social media, content regulation and intermediary liability – including UK Online Safety Act, Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002, EU Digital Services Act, and EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation;
- Artificial Intelligence – including EU AI Act; and
- Data protection and privacy – including UK GDPR and EU GDPR.
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2025
European Commission Publishes ‘DSA Elections Toolkit’ to Support Digital Services Coordinators’ Role in Elections Integrity
26 March 2025 | Last month, the European Commission (the "Commission"), in collaboration with the European Board for Digital Services (the "Board"), published the DSA Elections Toolkit for Digital Services Coordinators: Instruments, Best Practices, and Lessons Learnt (the "Elections Toolkit").
Preparing for positive: how VLOP and VLOSE providers can comply with DSA audit obligations
14 February 2025 | The EU Digital Services Act (the "DSA") imposes a wide range of transparency and online safety obligations on providers of very large online platforms and very large online search engines ("VLOPSEs"), including detailed, independent, annual compliance audits.
2024
Lexology Panoramic: Technology Disputes 2025 – France, Germany and UK
25 October 2024 | Lexology Panoramic has published its Technology Disputes 2025 guide with White & Case lawyers serving as editors in addition to authoring the France, Germany, United Kingdom chapters and the Global Overview.
Regulators and businesses race to keep up with rapid innovation
03 October 2024 | Across jurisdictions and legal areas, including data protection, artificial intelligence, competition and intellectual property, new regulations create a shifting landscape.
Cutting Through Complexity: a Key Ruling for Online Platforms in Europe
17 June 2024 | A series of recent rulings from the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has reaffirmed the country of origin principle set forth in the e-Commerce Directive ("ECD")—which provides that, except in limited situations, an information society service provider (e.g. an online platform) should not be subject to regulations in the coordinated field that are stricter than those in the Member State in which that provider is established. Here, the CJEU has applied this general principle even to local requirements aimed at implementing an EU-wide regulation and has found these requirements did not meet the narrowly defined exceptions to this principle.
UK’s Context-Based AI Regulation Framework: The Government’s Response
01 March 2024 | In March 2023, the UK government published the AI Regulation White Paper (the White Paper), setting out its proposed regulatory framework for AI.
The pre-final text of the EU’s AI Act leaked online
06 February 2024 | On January 22, 2024, the pre-final text of the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act ("EU AI Act") – the world's first comprehensive horizontal legal framework for the regulation of AI systems across the EU – leaked online as an 892-page table comparing different mandates of the EU AI Act, followed by a 258-page document setting out the consolidated text. The upcoming law has now been finalized and was endorsed by all 27 EU Member States on February 2.
2023
Dawn of the EU’s AI Act: political agreement reached on world’s first comprehensive horizontal AI regulation
14 December 2023 | On Friday, December 8, 2023 – after months of intensive trilogue negotiations – the European Parliament and Council reached political agreement on the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act ("EU AI Act"). Hailed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as a "global first", this "historic" Act positions the EU as a frontrunner of AI regulation, being the "very first continent to set clear rules for the use of AI".
The Data Act – the EU’s bid to “ensure fairness in the digital environment and a competitive data market” – has been adopted
30 November 2023 | On November 27, 2023, the European Union ("EU") adopted the final text of the Data Act, marking an effort to create a harmonized, cross-sectoral data sharing framework with the stated goal of ensuring fair access to and use of data.
Guardians of the AI Galaxy: Lessons from Bletchley Park
09 November 2023 | Last week, on 1 and 2 November 2023, the UK hosted the world's inaugural large-scale AI Safety Summit (the "Summit") at the historic Bletchley Park – once the epicenter of WWII code-breaking efforts. A milestone event, the Summit was attended by 100 global representatives from politics and business – spanning from leaders of 28 countries, the European Union ("EU") and United Nations, to executives of leading AI companies. The Summit focused on the key themes of (i) understanding and mitigating risks posed by "Frontier AI"; and (ii) exploring ways to ensure that AI develops as a "force for good"4 and is appropriately regulated.
Lexology GTDT Technology Disputes 2024 – France, Germany and UK
30 October 2023 | Lexology GTDT has published its Technology Disputes 2024 guide with White & Case lawyers serving as editors in addition to authoring the France, Germany, UK chapters and the global overview.
AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 5
19 September 2023 | Welcome to the fifth and final edition of the AI Summer Roundup! Over this summer, we have been reporting on recent legal developments in the rapidly evolving landscape of AI, including generative AI.
Edition 4 of the AI Legal News Summer Roundup
28 August 2023 | In this edition, key themes include creators and consumers seeking more control and protection over how their content is used to train AI models (whether under copyright law or privacy laws), and governments grappling with the delicate balance between overseeing and regulating AI development, and fostering innovation.
AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3
10 August 2023 | Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit was filed against Microsoft, this time concerning personal data collected by Microsoft using the "Edge" web browser (see Update 1) and on July 28, we also saw what we believe is one of the first U.S. patent infringement cases directly targeting technologies that service large language models and generative AI, when Korean company, FriendliAI, Inc. sued NY-based Hugging Face, Inc. (see Update 2).
AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 2
28 July 2023 | In the first edition of this series, we discussed the surge of class action litigation in the U.S., along with coordinated efforts by various governmental bodies around the world collaborating, consulting, and seeking feedback on regulation and rules concerning generative AI. As highlighted in this second edition, this flurry of activity continues.
AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 1
20 July 2023 | Welcome to the first edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! With both the temperature and artificial intelligence developments heating up, the time is ripe to provide periodic updates this summer on recent legal developments in the quickly changing landscape of AI, including generative AI. A slight change of pace from our more in-depth Tech Newsflash articles, we hope these snapshots help keep you up-to-date with current developments.
All change? The new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
10 May 2023 | The long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill has been published. Touted as a Bill to "stamp out unfair practices and promote competition in digital markets", the DMCC seeks to enhance consumer protection and limit the market power of a small number of the most powerful technology firms. We take a look at the key features of the DMCC and how it plans to achieve its objectives.
Is decentralised governance of bitcoin really a myth? The fiduciary duties of cryptoasset software developers is a serious issue to be tried
10 February 2023 | The long-awaited Tulip Trading appeal judgment is out and the English Court of Appeal has found in favour of Tulip Trading Limited, reversing the first instance decision.
2022
You’ve been Airdropped: English Courts Approve Service of Lawsuit via NFT
18 October 2022 | As the popularity of cryptocurrency as an investment asset balloons, the number and types of lawsuits involving crypto assets has also increased. Issues such as traceability and effective methods of service are now at the forefront of courts' attention.
Lexology GTDT Technology Disputes 2023
15 September 2022 | Lexology GTDT has published its Technology Disputes 2023 guide with White & Case lawyers serving as editors in addition to authoring the global overview and the UK chapter.
Offshore cryptocurrency exchange obtains clarity from the English High Court on ownership and control of trading account
02 August 2022 | In HDR v Shulev and Nexo, the High Court considered the entitlement to a cryptocurrency trading account, and the ownership of its contents, as part of stakeholder proceedings brought under CPR 86 by the operator of a cryptocurrency exchange.
2021
5 things you need to know about … the Law Commission’s Paper on Smart Legal Contracts
07 December 2021 | On 25 November 2021, the Law Commission published its advice to the UK government on smart legal contracts (the "Paper"). Among other things, the Paper considers how English law applies to smart legal contracts, and identifies particular areas of uncertainty and where reform may be required. The Paper builds on previous work carried out by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce.
Lexology GTDT: Technology Disputes Digital Edition 2022
13 September 2021 | The White & Case Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property teams have contributed to the 2022 digital edition of the Lexology GTDT: Technology Disputes guide.
Lexology GTDT: Technology Disputes 2021
02 February 2021 | White & Case partners Bertrand Liard and Clara Hainsdorf have co-authored the France chapter of the Lexology GTDT: Technology Disputes 2021 guide.
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