Alsuwaidi & Company

Alivia Alabkal

Associate at Alsuwaidi & Company, Kuwaiti lawyer based in the UAE.

Safe Harbor Protections

Copyright Compliance on Platforms: Leveraging Safe Harbor Protections

The Reality of User-Generated Content Risk User-generated content is central to many modern digital platforms, including social networks, marketplaces, cloud services, and collaboration tools. While it enables engagement and growth, it also creates legal exposure when users upload content that infringes copyright, such as pirated videos, unlicensed images, copyrighted music, or proprietary software. Copyright claims […]

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Regulation of Virtual Assets

The UAE’s New Virtual Assets Regime: Key Features of CMA Decision No. 4/R.M/2026

Following the UAE’s broader reset of its capital markets framework earlier this year, the federal regulatory landscape embraced a significant shift. As part of the UAE’s broader capital markets reform, Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2025 established the Capital Market Authority (“CMA”) as the legal successor to the Securities and Commodities Authority (“SCA”), introducing an

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