The Cyber Threat to the UK’s Universities
Sachin Bhatt, our regular cybersecurity contributor, highlights the threats to our universities from malicious activity…
Analysis
Digital transformation: the risks of providing non-digitally accessible products in the EU and UK
A team from Hogan Lovells consider the regulatory regimes governing digital accessibility in the UK and EU. Summary: In the era of digital transformation, the need to ensure products and services are accessible to all, including those who experience some form of disability, is greater than ever. While there is not (yet) a global uniform…
FemTech and the use of AI
A team from DLA Piper survey the opportunities and legal risks associated with the burgeoning ‘FemTech’ sector Due to an exponential growth in the investment in female health and wellbeing, Forbes and Dealroom reported that 2023 saw $1.14bn raised collectively across 120 deals in ‘FemTech’. The phrase refers to technology products and services that help…
The UK’s Automated Vehicles Act – unlocking opportunities for UK investment and innovation in the automotive sector
A team from Bird & Bird precis the key points of the Automated Vehicles Act, which received Royal Assent just before Parliament was dissolved. The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 received Royal Assent on 20 May 2024. Its swift motion through parliament in an election year has been a relief to many, having been first introduced…
The Post Office Horizon IT Scandal: How should organisations react when IT systems go wrong?
Andrew Woolsey and Sophie Ashcroft take a fresh look at the legal issues surrounding defective software through the lens of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal…
Emerging technologies and the climate: charting a pathway to pre-emptive oversight
Once upon a time technologies like artificial intelligence and the metaverse were confined to the annals of science fiction. No longer, both innovations exist in the here and now, with vast potential to transform our world. These emergent technologies, however, are not without attributes of concern, one of which is energy consumption and the consequent…
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Assessing Design Quality in IT Contracts
IT contracts and disputes have long concentrated on functional specifications, tests and defects to assure that projects deliver what is intended. This is only part of what is required. William Hooper examines the role of design in contract and dispute….
Digital Disputes
An increasing number of IT disputes occur within the context of digital transformation. What are the implications of this for those who seek redress? In a previous article, I addressed a definition of digital transformation and identified some of the factors that may give rise to disputes.[1] An awareness of that may usefully inform those…
Global Outlook: World Economic Forum’s warning on cyber challenges we all face
Sasha Henry and Archie Millar summarise the cyber threats recently identified by the World Economic Forum What is the current state, and where are we going? From opportunistic ransomware to complex crime-as-a-service, threat actors have adapted their methodologies to facilitate enterprise scale attacks by monetising major business disruption. With increasing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)…
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Who’s been regulating my AI?: Goldilocks and the House of Lords Report on LLMs and Generative AI
A team from DLA Piper dig deeper into the House of Lords report on balancing risk and innovation in AI regulation, in particular, the open source question While much attention has been paid to the finalisation of the EU’s AI Act in recent weeks, developments in AI continue at a frenetic rate. On 2nd February…