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View more analysis >Can you HNDL the truth? Preparing for cyber and legal risk in the quantum era
A team from Norton Rose Fulbright bring you up to date with the latest policy and technical developments in the world of quantum computing and provide pointers about what this means for cybersecurity advice On 16 June 2026, the UK government announced the new “National Quantum Standards Network”, a world-first national framework for quantum standards to coordinate standards for…
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AI in Legal Practice – From Foundations to Practice: A Comparative Review
Ken Tombs reflects on the Law Society’s foresight report on the future of agentic AI and compares it against practitioner and international perspectives (as at June 2026) 1. Introduction The Law Society of England and Wales published its foresight report on agentic AI in legal practice in February 2026. It arrives at a point where…
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Collective Actions and the uses of AI
Amanda Chaboryk and a team from Epiq highlight the opportunities for AI use in collective actions The UK’s collective actions regime is entering a period of both rapid expansion and transformation. According to the Competition Appeal Tribunal and Competition Service Annual Report [1], the Tribunal issued 76 judgments and made 475 orders in the year…
Keeping Ownership Authentic: AI and Control in the Modern Matrix of Music
Emma Hewins looks at the questions of creativity, authenticity, control and how creators can assert ownership as AI generated music takes hold “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”Maya Angelou Maya Angelou’s words still explain why music matters: it is more than entertainment,…
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The Virtuous Circle
Law, AI, and the Apprenticeship of Judgment Gareth Davies thinks the gap between the AI’s output and the practitioner’s correction is where wisdom lives As lawyers learn from working with AI, the AI can be built to learn from working with lawyers. This is not a philosophical point but a structural one, and the structure…
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View more news >FCA publishes review into impact of AI on financial services
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the Mills Review, about how AI could affect and reshape financial services for consumers, companies, markets and regulators by 2030 and beyond. In January, the FCA launched a review into the implications of advanced AI on consumers, retail financial markets and regulators. The Mills Review draws on views…
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UK government calls for evidence over toy safety reforms
In 2023 the European Union proposed the new Toy Safety Regulation 2025/2509. The regulation came into force on 1 January 2026 and is set to fully apply from August 2030. Under the Windsor Framework the Regulation will also apply in Northern Ireland. Among other things, there is a requirement to assess all connected toys and…
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DRCF shares insights about innovating with generative AI
The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) (which includes the CMA, FCA, ICO and Ofcom), has published insights about how it aims to advance the safe and effective use of generative AI across its member regulators. It aims to strengthen regulatory capability, consumer protections and ensure alignment with the UK Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan. The…
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This week’s Tech-law round-up
UK law Select Committee warns UK government must set out strategy to achieve sovereign AI capabilities The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has published a report saying that, in an era of geopolitical instability and technological competition, the UK government “may not be able to count on its allies” for access to…
Ofcom fines Virgin Media £28 million for repeatedly preventing customers from cancelling contracts
Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £28 million for putting customers through what it called unreasonable effort, hassle and difficulty when trying to switch to another provider. Ofcom’s General Conditions make clear that the conditions or procedures telecoms providers have in place must not act as a disincentive for customers who wish to cancel their contract….
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View more cases >CJEU upholds Google’s €4.1 billion fine in competition law case
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed Google and Alphabet’s appeal in Case C-738/22 P | Google and Alphabet v Commission, confirming the €4,125 billion fine imposed in the long-running Android competition case. Background The case arose in the context of the European Commission’s 2018 decision finding that Google had abused a…
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CJEU clarifies limits of platform neutrality and cross-border regulation
In WebGroup Czech Republic & NKL Associates (C 188/24) and Coyote System (C 190/24), the Court of Justice of the EU issued a ruling which addresses two politically sensitive issues: age verification for online content and restrictions on user-generated information services. The cases arose in the context of French laws requiring pornographic websites to implement…
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General Court annuls decision designating Meta as a gatekeeper for Marketplace under the DMA
In Case T-1078/23 | Meta Platforms v Commission, the EU’s General Court annulled the European Commission’s decision designating Meta as a gatekeeper for Marketplace under the Digital Markets Act. However, it maintained the gatekeeper designation for Meta’s interpersonal communications service, Messenger. In September 2023, the European Commission designated Meta as a gatekeeper under the DMA….
Court of Appeal clarifies consent standard in gambling advertising case
In RTM -v- Bonne Terre Limited and another [2026] EWCA Civ 488, the Court of Appeal has clarified that the test for whether consent has been lawfully given under data protection law is objective, not subjective, overturning a High Court decision concerning targeted gambling advertising. In other words, the focus is on what the data…
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Advocate General proposes appeal in abuse of dominance case should be dismissed
The Adovcate General has recently issued his opinion in the joined Cases C-496/23 P | Meta Platforms Ireland v Commission (Facebook Marketplace) and C-497/23 P | Meta Platforms Ireland v Commission (Facebook Data). He advises the Court of Justice to dismiss Meta’s appeals concerning an ongoing EU investigation into potential abuse of a dominant position…
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Latest Event Reports
View more event reports >Strategic Contracting Uncovered: Real-World Perspectives from Legal, Business and Technology Leaders
Designing technology contracts for the real world When technology deals unravel, issues often arise when the contract does not fully reflect how the deal, the product or the service will be delivered in practice. On 11 March 2026, as part of The Society of Computers & Law: “What Every In-House Lawyer Should Know” series,…
EVENT REPORT: AI Law: what every business (and their lawyers) needs to know
David Chaplin, editor of Computers & Law, reflects on the recent Annual AI conference that looked at the challenges of AI implementation through the eyes of business A case study stitched together the presentations at the annual SCL AI conference hosted at the HSFK offices a couple of weeks ago. It was all about how…
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The SCL AI Conference: Key Takeaways
Mauricio Figueroa summarises the key points from the SCL AI Conference hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills on 8th October. Practitioners, lawmakers, academics, trainees, in-house lawyers, and civil society representatives gathered at Herbert Smith Freehills’ offices in London for the annual Society for Computers and Law AI conference. The event brought together experts to explore the…
SCL 50th Anniversary Conference 2023 – Rising Star Impression
Victor Gurr, Trainee Solicitor, Gisby Harrison Solicitors was nominated to attend the recent SCL 50th Anniversary Conference on 10 October 2023 as a tech law “rising star”. “Rising stars” are invited to record their impressions of the Conference in any form they choose (in previous years these have been event reports, infographs and even poems!). These…
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SCL 50th Anniversary Conference Event Report: “The Dragon Under the Sofa and other stories”
What separates humanity from technology? The sudden omniscience of ChatGPT in November 2022 has prompted a good deal of philosophising on that question with the apparent gap between the human and the machine growing ever less defined. There is as yet little common ground on where the boundary lies but one oft cited difference is…
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