MoFo Tech

April 30, 2018 - Regulatory
EU Digital Market VAT Reform
By: Mercedes Samavi and Trevor L James
Since 2015, the European Union has been gradually implementing a series of reforms designed to create a Digital Single Market across the EU. In setting its reform agenda, the European Commission looked beyond areas traditionally associated with the regulation of technology and digital services,
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April 17, 2018 - Regulatory, Telecommunications
Tune in, catch up: EU changes to TV and radio transmission rules
By: Alistair Maughan and Kristina Ehle
Linear TV and radio services are increasingly being consumed via the internet. Technical developments allowing the on-demand consumption of audio and audio-visual content on different user devices have also changed viewer habits resulting in linear TV content that can also be viewed at times
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March 19, 2018 - Regulatory, Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
8 Key Items You Need to Consider Before Staging Your ICO
By: Spencer D. Klein
With over $8.8B raised via Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) since 2014, and over 1,200 tokens in circulation with a combined market capitalization of over $300B, it’s not surprising that ICOs are an increasingly popular fundraising tool. In this post, we discuss eight key items
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March 19, 2018 - Regulatory, Financings
European E-Commerce Markets: Competition Initiatives for 2018
By: Andreas Grünwald
As part of the EU’s Digital Single Market initiative, the European Commission has been working to identify potential competition concerns affecting European e-commerce markets. The Commission suspects that companies have created artificial barriers to trade which impede the development of the e-commerce industry in
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March 08, 2018 - Regulatory, Telecommunications
EU Regulation Reform - Unjustified Geo-Blocking To Be Phased Out By End Of 2018
By: Alistair Maughan and Kristina Ehle
Geo-blocking is the practice of preventing internet users in one jurisdiction from accessing services elsewhere based on the user’s geographic location. The European Commission wants to eliminate geo-blocking within the EU – and has taken a significant step forward in its plans to do
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March 02, 2018 - Regulatory, Artificial Intelligence
Personal Delivery Devices (PDD): New Transportation Frontiers Emerge for Autonomous Vehicle Rulemakers
By: Tessa J. Schwartz
When most people think of autonomous vehicles (AVs), expansive highways filled with driverless sports utility vehicles and 18-wheelers likely spring to mind. But there’s another whole category of driverless vehicles in need of regulation: personal delivery devices (PDDs), small autonomous vehicles that mostly use
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February 28, 2018 - Regulatory, Artificial Intelligence
California Opens the Road to Fully Driverless Cars; Federal Policymaking Slowly Rolls Forward
By: Tessa J. Schwartz
New regulations from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles are the first in the nation to allow permits for the testing—and the post-testing deployment—of automatic vehicles (AVs) without a human driver present in the vehicle. California’s new regulations aren’t without significant requirements, however. Find out
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February 08, 2018 - Regulatory, Blockchain, Fintech
Do You Want to Launch an ICO? Please, Listen to the SEC
By: Spencer D. Klein
The Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Jay Clayton, urged market professionals who in any way participate in initial coin offerings (ICOs) to “act responsibly.” Having once stated that all the ICOs he’s seen have had “a sufficient number of hallmarks
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February 08, 2018 - Regulatory
Can the EU Deliver? The EU Regulation on Cross-border Parcel Delivery
By: Alistair Maughan and Mercedes Samavi
The European Union (EU) has reached a provisional agreement on a proposed new Regulation on EU cross-border parcel delivery services. The European Commission’s aim is to make pricing and tariffs more transparent and give national regulators increased monitoring rights over the cross-border parcel delivery
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February 02, 2018 - Regulatory, Telecommunications
Catching Up? A New Consumer Protection Cooperation Regime for the EU
By: Alistair Maughan, Stephan Kreß and Kristina Ehle
The European Union (“EU”) has long had a focus on consumer protection of EU residents. A new proposed EU regulation is set to improve the cross-border enforcement regime for consumer protection legislation. The new rules will give more teeth to national authorities in EU
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