As envisaged in its 2019/20 Business Plan, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to extend its financial crime...
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Technology quotient - the ability of an individual, team or organization to harness the power of technology
An arbitral tribunal has unanimously held that India’s imposition of a US$2.7bn tax on Vodafone, which includes more than US$1bn in...
Yesterday we reviewed the history of Section 230, which has provided online platforms safe harbor from liability over content posted by...
“Section 230” is a buzz word of late—heard on the Hill, on Pennsylvania Avenue, and now in the (virtual) board rooms of companies that...
On 24 September 2020, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) published a legislative proposal to address digital operational...
The English High Court has upheld a UK IPO ruling that an AI machine cannot be an inventor under UK patent law. As AI continues to change...
On 24 September 2020, the European Commission published its digital finance strategy, which includes a comprehensive framework for...
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On 24 September, the European Commission ('the Commission') published the follow-up to its 2018 Fintech Action Plan, which encompasses...
The technology sector is increasingly in the crosshairs of foreign and domestic regulators. As is well known, the Trump administration...
Businesses undertaking global M&A have recently been given another stark reminder of the increasingly important role played by the...
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Do we really need to psychoanalyze robots? The conventional wisdom is that we do. As artificial intelligence plays a bigger role in our...
It has already been quite a journey and there is still some way to go, but an important milestone has been reached. The European...