If you ask US-trained lawyers (especially those with exposure to the tech or financial sectors) to perform an impact assessment of a European regulation, don't

If you ask US-trained lawyers (especially those with exposure to the tech or financial sectors) to perform an impact assessment of a European regulation, don't be surprised to receive a full-on Chicken Little response. The reality is that the law is not a programming language and compliance is about alignment with principles, not blindly following a set of rules.