David Chaplin reflects his personal reaction to the IFCLA Conference 2016 and reports on the many varied sessions…
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Are We Fit for the Machine Age?
Mischa Dohler gave a thought-provoking keynote at the IFCLA Conference 2016 and this article reflects the issues he raised there. For those who attended IFCLA 2016, it is a timely reminder not to stop thinking about the larger issues now they are back at the day job; for those who missed the Conference, it gives a sense of what they missed….
Law Firm Management: Extreme Targeting
Dave Harris says that law firms need to ‘Extreme Target’ to compete with accountancy practices. It is all about the data and the technology handling it…
Open Internet (EU Regulation) Regulations 2016
New regulations on ‘Open Internet’ come into force on 17 June…
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Who Owns Blockchains? An English Legal Analysis
Matthew Lavy and Daniel Khoo consider the range of approaches to the vexed question of ownership of blockchains and the ways in which any rights flowing from ownership might be enforced. Dr Matthew Lavy is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference on the topic ‘Virtual Currencies and other Blockchain Environments’…
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Blockchain 2.0, Smart Contracts and Legal Challenges
Martin von Haller Groenbaek looks at some of the basic issues concerning smart contracts. Martin is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference on the topic ‘Virtual Currencies and other Blockchain Environments’…
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The Internet of Things and Privacy: When Do Privacy Laws Apply?
John Beardwood and Mark Bowman offer some insights from a Canadian perspective into the impact of the IoT on privacy in an extract from a much longer paper The Internet of Things and Privacy: An Analytic Framework. This extract tackles one of the crucial issues. The full paper may be downloaded as a pdf from the panel opposite. John Beardwood is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016….
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Cybersecurity Law and the Internet of Things
Chris James gives us a tour of the IoT and highlights the many security threats lurking within it. Chris is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016…
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Keeping Humans at the Heart of FinTech
Simon Deane-Johns considers the interaction between technology and humans and, focusing on FinTech, looks at his hopes for innovation…
CPD Online: June/July 2016 Edition of Computers & Law
Questions arising from the June/July 2016 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC43 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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