The Spanish government has published a draft Royal Decree aimed at regulating “extended collective licensing” (ECL) for the large-scale use of copyrighted works in the development of general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI). These AI models, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), are trained on vast datasets, often including texts, images, songs, and other works protected by copyright. […]

On October 23, the EU Parliament and Council signed the final text of the new Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), which aims to strengthen cybersecurity for what the CRA defines as “products with digital elements.” These are essentially products that include hardware or software, interconnected or connected to a network, and are used to process data […]

Have you heard about DORA recently? The Digital Operational Resilience Act (Regulation 2022/2554 on the digital operational resilience of the financial sector) or, also known by its acronym: “DORA” is a European Union regulation that has the overall purpose of improving operational resilience and cybersecurity in the financial sector, and in particular, to mitigate information […]

Sequentia Biotech announces a €10million Series A, led by Seventure Partners, a French Venture Capital & Growth investment company with an extensive experience in Life Sciences. The Series A is co-invested by the EIC Fund, the European Commission initiative dedicated to accelerating innovative start-ups across the European Union. Across Legal advised Sequentia Biotech on this deal […]

In this special edition of our newsletter, we are pleased to feature our guest contributors, Stephen Polakoff, General Counsel/Partner, and Denis Mosolov, Managing Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital, one of the leading experts in venture capital and venture debt. Their participation will allow us to delve deeper into how this type of financing can be […]

Across Legal, a leading firm in legal advice for corporate transactions, has announced the incorporation of Luis Tatay as Head of the Corporate Department in Valencia. This strategic signing reinforces the firm’s presence in Valencia, one of the key regions for the growth of the technology sector in Spain, only surpassed by Catalonia and Madrid. […]