After 25 years, SCL President Professor Richard Susskind OBE KC (Hon) has decided to step down as Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He advised six successive Lord Chief Justices, starting with Lord Bingham in 1998. “The last quarter of a century has seen the Judiciary evolve from having almost…
Christopher Millard and Johan David Michels chronicle the pleasures and the pains of launching a cloud computing law course in the cloud….
UK law DSIT launches review on illegal porn, abuse and exploitation in porn industry The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has launched a review to advise the UK government on how to deal with the negative effects of pornography on users and society. The review will build on the Online Safety Act, by stopping…
The Chancellor has issued his Autumn Statement, including the following announcements of interest to tech lawyers. The government is exploring the use of cutting-edge technologies, including quantum, in the public sector. The National Quantum Computing Centre is supporting government and industry to explore how quantum computing could be applied and the government has launched a…
UK law Data Protection and Digital Information Bill reintroduced to House of Commons The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill received its “first” and “second” readings in the House of Commons on 8 November 2023. The Public Bill Committee completed its work and reported the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill with amendments…
UK law Data Protection and Digital Information Bill reintroduced to House of Commons The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill received its “first” and “second” readings in the House of Commons on 8 November 2023. The Public Bill Committee completed its work and reported the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill with amendments…
The team at Lewis Silkin round off our series of Predictions for the year with a set of 20 predictions for 2020 touching on folding phones, 5G, AI in sports, 3D bio-printing and more….
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Nick Watson forsees that lawtech can improve the tech lawyer’s quality of life…
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Cloud services report concludes that there do not appear to be immediate financial stability risks arising from the use of cloud services by financial institutions….
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In our first contribution to our Predictions and Reflections for the year Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, reflects on her year in open source software, where it has come from and why it matters for the future….
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