Winona Chan sets out the fundamentals of legal privilege and how to protect it when using generative AI tools. Generative AI (GenAI) is now embedded in day-to-day business workflows, from drafting documents to analysing information and summarising meetings. For in-house legal teams, this raises a critical question: how can legal professional privilege be preserved when…
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UK law ICO updates guidance on direct marketing using electronic mail The ICO has issued its guidance on direct marketing using electronic mail. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 introduced a new soft opt-in for charitable purposes in PECR regulation 22(3A). This allows charities to send direct marketing by electronic mail without people’s consent…
A team from Norton Rose Fulbright run through some of the novel issues advisors need to consider now so many outsourcing projects involve the use of AI Traditionally, IT outsourcings (ITOs) and business process outsourcings (BPOs) have been centred around the delivery of services by personnel with clear service descriptions and performance requirements and may…
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UK law Data Protection Act 2018 (Code of Practice on Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decision-Making) Regulations 2026 made The Data Protection Act 2018 (Code of Practice on Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decision-Making) Regulations 2026 SI 2016/425 have been made. They require the Information Commissioner to prepare a code of practice on the processing of personal…
A team from Lewis Silkin round up the latest guidance from arbitral institutions on the use of AI Artificial intelligence has already transformed how the legal profession operates, including in research, data analysis and document preparation through platforms (such as Harvey used by our own firm, Lewis Silkin). However, as Dame Victoria Sharp observed in Ayinde…
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Gareth Davies is inspired by the Greek philosopher when engaging with AI. There’s no shortage of advice on how to prompt AI: be clear, provide context, identify your audience, specify the format. Useful, but incomplete. For lawyers, prompting isn’t just a technical problem. It’s also a professional one. The danger isn’t silence; it’s receiving an…
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UK law UK government tables amendments to Crime and Policing Bill on harmful pornography and tech liability The government has tabled amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill meaning tech execs could be held personally liable if platforms fail to comply with Ofcom’s enforcement decisions to remove people’s intimate images that have been shared without…
Managing Trust in Machine-Generated Analysis Kenneth Tombs with a truly novel approach that aims to create trust in evidence created using AI and a call for help to help him test the idea. The chief compliance officer of a global financial organisation when testing AI internally, shared with the author: “I tested it [an…
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In this episode, host Mauricio Figueroa travels to Singapore to sit down with Professor Irene Calboli, founder of the IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network. Their conversation ranges widely: from the evolving landscape of legal scholarship and practice across Asia, to the way IPIRA’s annual conference brings together a diversity of voices from…
Olga Sevriuk rounds up some recent cases that highlight the legal risks of sharing sensitive client data with public AI chatbots and agents and the lessons that can be learned. The evolving landscape of AI safety Nowadays the AI adoption often outpaces the development of regulatory and governance frameworks. As a result, AI increasingly influences…
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