Lisa Peets

Lisa Peets

Lisa Peets leads the intellectual property and technology and media groups in the firm’s London office. Ms. Peets divides her time between London and Brussels, and her practice embraces legislative advocacy, trade and IP enforcement. In this context, she has worked closely with leading multinationals in a number of sectors, including many of the world’s best-known software and hardware companies.

On behalf of her clients, Ms. Peets has been actively engaged in a wide range of law reform efforts in Europe, on multilateral, regional and national levels. This includes advocacy on EU and national initiatives relating to e-commerce, copyright, patents, data protection, technology standards, compulsory licensing, IPR enforcement and emerging technologies. Ms. Peets also counsels clients on trade related matters, including EU export controls and sanctions rules and WTO compliance.

In the IP enforcement space, Ms. Peets coordinates a team of lawyers and Internet investigators who direct civil and criminal enforcement actions in countries throughout Europe and who conduct global notice and takedown programs to combat Internet piracy.

Ms. Peets is a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on reform of the IP Enforcement Directive.

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AG Publishes Opinion on the Validity of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses

By Lisa Peets, Kristof Van Quathem, Bart Van Vooren, Sam Jungyun Choi and Gemma Nash on Posted in Cross-Border Transfers, Data Privacy, EU Data Protection, European Union
On December 19, 2019, Advocate General (“AG”) Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe handed down his Opinion in Case C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (“Schrems II”). The AG’s Opinion provides non-binding guidance to the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) on how to decide the case. In brief, the AG recommended that … Continue Reading

New E-Privacy Proposal on the Horizon?

By Lisa Peets, Paul Maynard and Sam Jungyun Choi on Posted in Data Privacy, EU Data Protection, European Union, International
On December 3, 2019, the EU’s new Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, suggested a change of approach to the proposed e-Privacy Regulation may be necessary.  At a meeting of the Telecoms Council, Breton indicated that the Commission would likely develop a new proposal, following the Council’s rejection of a compromise text on November … Continue Reading

Commission Expert Group Report on Liability for Emerging Digital Technologies

By Lisa Peets, Marty Hansen and Paul Maynard on Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Emerging Technologies, European Union
On November 21, 2019, the European Commission’s Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies – New Technologies Formation (“NTF”) published its Report on Liability for Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies.  The Commission tasked the NTF with establishing the extent to which liability frameworks in the EU will continue to operate effectively in relation to … Continue Reading

UPDATE: AG Opinion in Schrems II Delayed

By Lisa Peets, Kristof Van Quathem, Bart Van Vooren, Sam Jungyun Choi and Gemma Nash on Posted in Cross-Border Transfers, EU Data Protection, European Union, International
The Advocate General’s (“AG”) Opinion in Case C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (“Schrems II”), has been delayed until the 19th December 2019.  (The original publication date was set for the week before, on the 12th December.) The primary question before the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”), and the AG, in Schrems … Continue Reading

U.S. and U.K. Sign CLOUD Act Agreement

By Trisha Anderson, Alexander Berengaut, Jim Garland, Marty Hansen and Lisa Peets on Posted in Electronic Surveillance and Law Enforcement Access
On October 3, 2019, the United States and United Kingdom signed an agreement on cross-border law enforcement demands for data from service providers (“Agreement”). The Agreement is the first bilateral agreement to be entered under the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act. It obligates each Party to remove barriers in their domestic laws … Continue Reading

Two new developments from the EU High-Level Working Group on AI: launch of pilot phase of Ethics Guidelines and publication of Policy and Investment Recommendations for Trustworthy AI

By Lisa Peets, Gabe Maldoff and Sam Jungyun Choi on Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Emerging Technologies, European Union, International
On June 26, 2019, the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLEG) announced two important developments: (1) the launch of the pilot phase of the assessment list in its Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI (the “Ethics Guidelines”); and (2) the publication of its Policy and Investment Recommendations for Trustworthy AI (the “Recommendations”). The … Continue Reading

ICO’s Call for Input on Bias and Discrimination in AI systems

By Lisa Peets, Marty Hansen and Sam Jungyun Choi on Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), International, United Kingdom
On June 25, 2019, as part of their continuing work on the AI Auditing Framework, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published a blog setting out their views on human bias and discrimination in AI systems. The ICO has also called for input on specific questions relating to human bias and discrimination, set out below. … Continue Reading

UK Government’s Guide to Using AI in the Public Sector

By Lisa Peets, Marty Hansen and Sam Jungyun Choi on Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, International, United Kingdom
On June 10, 2019, the UK Government’s Digital Service and the Office for Artificial Intelligence released guidance on using artificial intelligence in the public sector (the “Guidance”).  The Guidance aims to provide practical guidance for public sector organizations when they implement artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The Guidance will be of interest to companies that provide … Continue Reading

EU High-Level Working Group Publishes Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI

By Lisa Peets, Marty Hansen, Sam Jungyun Choi and Gemma Nash on Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Emerging Technologies, European Union, Internet of Things (IoT)
On April 8, 2019, the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (the “AI HLEG”) published its “Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI” (the “guidance”).  This follows a stakeholder consultation on its draft guidelines published in December 2018 (the “draft guidance”) (see our previous blog post for more information on the draft guidance).  The guidance retains … Continue Reading
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