Helen Brown

Dec 17, 2024 | globalcompliancenews.com | Helen Brown |Julia Hemmings |Sebastian Schwiddessen |Lucy Hart

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is a directive aimed at improving the accessibility of products and services for people with disabilities across the European Union (EU). It establishes common accessibility requirements for a wide range of products and services provided to consumers to ensure that people with disabilities have better access to digital and physical environments, thereby promoting their inclusion and participation in society.

Aug 21, 2024 | globalcompliancenews.com | Helen Brown |Julia Hemmings |Cara Heaslip

The UK Government passed the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC) on 24 May 2024. The DMCC will bring radical change to the enforcement of consumer law in the UK, introducing new powers for the CMA to issue direct fines of up to 10% of global annual turnover for breaches. The DMCC also introduces changes to substantive UK consumer law provisions, including changes related to subscriptions, online reviews and drip pricing.

Jul 16, 2024 | lexology.com | Helen Brown |Julia Hemmings |Lucy Hart |Cara Heaslip

The UK Government passed the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the “DMCC“) on 24 May 2024. The DMCC will bring radical change to the enforcement of consumer law in the UK, introducing new powers for the CMA to issue direct fines of up to 10% of global annual turnover for breaches. The DMCC also introduces changes to substantive UK consumer law provisions, including changes related to subscriptions, online reviews and drip pricing.

Jul 3, 2024 | globalcompliancenews.com | Helen Brown |Julia Hemmings |Samantha J. Mobley |Bushra Begum

UK Government passes flagship Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIn briefThe UK Government passed the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (“Act“)1 on 24 May 2024. Some provisions of the Act take effect immediately (for example, new controls over foreign ownership of newspapers), but most provisions will enter into force in Autumn this year following the conclusion of a public consultation on important legislative guidance.

Jul 3, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Helen Brown |Charles Williams |Hayley Shaw |Ludivine Guillet

AbstractThe ERK5 MAP kinase signalling pathway controls key processes in mouse Embryonic Stem Cells (mESCs) maintenance, including expression of naive pluripotency genes and a transcriptional programme for stem cell rejuvenation. However, quantitative proteomics suggests that ERK5 signalling controls levels of proteins implicated in diverse biological processes.