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UK and EU: Technology Law Shorts

This article summarises five key developments in the UK and EU that are coming on the horizon in the technology space.

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Episode 6: Telecoms arbitrations

James Hyde talks to partner, Wesley Pydiamah about telecoms arbitrations.

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Episode 5: Digital infrastructure data center trends for providers and customers

James Hyde talks to partners, Mark Chester and Sebastien Bonneau about data center trends in digital infrastructure.

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Episode 4: Regulatory and legal trends in Asia

James Hyde talks to partners, Rhys McWhirter and Mark Hughes about regulatory and legal trends in Asia.

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Episode 3: Regulatory and legal trends in Italy

James Hyde talks to Alessandro Greco about legal trends in Italy.

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Episode 2: Managing supply chain disputes

James Hyde talks to Phillip Richardson about supply chain disputes.

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Episode 1: Regulatory and legal trends in the UAE

James Hyde talks to Geraldine Ahern about the regulatory and legal trends in the UAE.

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Legislative consultations, reports and resolutions

This article reveals the latest legislative consultations, reports and resolutions around data, intellectual property and responsible use of in respect of artificial intelligence out in force.

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CMA's market study into digital music streaming services

The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) announced its intention to undertake a market study into music streaming.

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Foreign Investment Regimes: current and future trends 2021

This article evaluates existing and new foreign investment screening regimes, including governmental control of inbound investments.

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Telecommunications companies diversify through M&A

In this article, we present TMT M&A: current and future trends 2021. It also includes key lessons for the acquirers in terms of diversification through acquisition.

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Introduction to TMT M&A Trends

By some estimates, the TMT sector now accounts for almost 25% of all global M&A activity; and looking at the penetration of technology across all sectors.

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Technology in Financial Services – Episode 1: Biometrics

In this first episode, we discuss the Financial Services (FS) sector’s increasing collection (and reliance) of biometric data. We also canvass key data privacy risks and emerging regulatory trends.

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Technology in Financial Services – Episode 3: Blockchain

Listen to Episode 3 of our Technology in Financial Services Podcast Series as Rhys McWhirter is joined by Carola Rathke, Matthias Winter and Frankie Tam to discuss the rise of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

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Technology in Financial Services – Episode 2: Cloud Computing

In Episode 2 of our Technology in Financial Services Podcast Series, Rhys McWhirter is joined by London partners Simon Gamlin and Craig Rogers as they discuss how cloud computing affects Financial Services clients.

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Data Privacy: UK Government confirms no changes to group claims regime

In August 2020 we reported on the launch of a UK Government consultation on whether to allow non-profit organisations to bring representative claims. See what's next in 2021.

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Digital Dispute Resolution Rules - a new approach to resolving disputes

In this article we present the new draft for the Digital Dispute Resolution Rules published by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce.

European Union and UK Flags

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Impact of the EU-UK TCA on digital services

There are 1267 pages of the EU UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the TCA) but only a few of these deal specifically with digital trade.

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Facial recognition could be used by supermarkets to ration food

Charlotte comments in The Telegraph, in a whether a move to combat Covid-19, facial recognition could be used to ration food.

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Brexit: the Y2K of this generation?

Charlotte Walker-Osborn, AMBC, Stells Johanna Hamilton AMBCS her thoughts on the UK as one of the global leaders in technology and how we must keep the momentum going.

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Spending on R&D doubles in bid to drive innovation

Charlotte comments in The Telegraph in relation to the Budget’s boost to investment into R&D in the UK.

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The European Commission White Paper on Artificial Intelligence

In this article, we debate the recently published European Commission’s White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (the “AI White Paper”).

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Using Zoom? Not so fast

Craig Rogers, Technology Partner comments on the dangers of lawyers working remotely #COVID_19

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What data center operators should expect from Covid-19

DCD spoke to our partners as part of an ongoing series on the impact of coronavirus and how this will affect construction in the US and Europe.

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Artificial intelligence in the world of drug discovery

Charlotte Walker-Osborn explains some of the challenges and potential future of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of drug discovery.

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The trends in the adoption of AI

In this article, Charlotte Walker-Osborn indicates four trends that will significantly impacts the future of business - and the economy as a whole.

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AI’s Big Ethical Questions

Artificial Lawyer interviews Charlotte Walker-Osborn to understand her view of AI's risks and challenges.

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Consultation on proposals to regulate consumer IoT device security

The UK government launched a consultation on its proposals to regulate the security of consumer Internet of Things (“IoT”) or “smart” devices.

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Ethics becomes a key focus for artificial intelligence adoption

In the last few years, there has been an increasing focus on the need for adequate ethics guidance for the use of artificial intelligence and robots.

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European Commission publishes ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI

In this article, we review the ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI published by the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on AI.

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A nod to the future

We have partnered with Smart Dubai to consider the future of AI governance.

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The rise of AI and Robotics in Retail

Business already use or are beginning to adopt AI to create superior experiences for consumers. However, the law is yet to catch up with the technology.

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Ethics and AI - a moral conundrum

Charlotte Walker-Osborn and Callum Hayes give us an insight into some of the key ethical issues surrounding AI technologies.

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Artificial Intelligence forges ahead of the law

This article touches upon the position of the UK, the US and Japan, in relation to intellectual property given the differing legal systems.

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