The SCL Annual Conference 2017: A Sketch
David Chaplin, the SCL’s Development Editor, offers some brief observations on last week’s outstanding Annual Conference…
Technology, Society & Justice
Time to Speak up for Article 15
Graham Smith is one of the speakers at the SCL Conference in the session covering new trends in data interception, use and retention. While this piece from Graham does not reflect his input in that focused session, it is an important contribution to the much-needed debate on Internet freedoms….
RegTech: When Regulation Meets Technology
What is RegTech? Lorraine Chimbga and Ryan Barnes give the answers and explain why it is having an impact on the financial industry and how it might have an impact on lawyers too….
SCL Student Essay Prize 2017 Winner
The winner of the SCL Essay Prize is Lottie Michael….
Reasonable Skill and Care in the Age of Machine Learning: Some Preliminary Thoughts
In an appetiser for one of the sessions at the forthcoming SCL Conference – on AI and machine learning – Matthew Lavy shares some thoughts on machine learning and liability…
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SCL Conference Keynotes: Precious Bookends
The SCL Conference on 8 June will feature keynotes that will add real value and do a lot more than prop up the intervening sessions. Laurence Eastham urges you not to neglect them….
Smart and Connected Cities: Surmounting the Challenges
David Berry highlights the practical and legal challenges inherent in any smart city initiative and suggests some approaches that might minimise the risks arising from those challenges…
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Online Courts Hackathon
In a new joint initiative from SCL, Legal Geek and the Judiciary of England and Wales, there is to be a Hackathon on 1 and 2 July devoted to online courts and digital justice….
There’s something very familiar about all this…
Ben Hughes explores the opportunities presented by the deployment of current and impending disruptive technologies in the retail and consumer sector….
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Patent Licensing: 5G and the Internet of Things
With 5G on the horizon, Matthew Hunt looks at some of the patent licensing implications in the context of the impending EU Commission ‘Communication on Standard Essential Patents for a European digitalised economy’…
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