An infographic compiled by Fiona Phillips outlining the proposals for dealing with ransomware attacks following the consultation earlier this year….
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Fiona Phillips, guest editor of our Cybersecurity special issue and chair of the SCL Cybersecurity Group, stresses the importance of cyber for lawyers and for wider society As Chair of the Cybersecurity and Law Committee for the Society for Computers and Law, I am honoured to introduce this special edition devoted to one of the…
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Mark Ryan of SES Secure maps the use of software escrow to some of the requirements proposed in the Cyber Security & Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill…
Methods for delay analysis were largely developed for construction projects. That was fine for IT under waterfall delivery, but the strain is starting to show as agile and other iterative methods dominate. William Hooper asks, what are the implications for your clients’ projects? This article designed for IT lawyers is an abbreviated form of the…
Chris Marsden with an acerbic look at the origins and, perhaps unintended, consequences of Australia’s social media ban for under 16’s which comes into force today. I write this on the eve of Australia’s under-16 social media ban, which stops all Australians using social media unless they can prove they are over 16. Unsurprisingly, it…
Scott Foster summarises the latest Court of Appeal decision in the Samsung / ZTYE FRAND litigation. Does pressing for your preferred court amount to bad faith? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Samsung v ZTE clarifies a live question in SEP/FRAND litigation: when parties are locked in a global forum battle, does pressing for your preferred court…
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Dan Hunter and Henry Goodwin look at how law firms’ talent mix must evolve as AI goes native. Do we need fighter pilots or drone operators? AI solutions are becoming embedded in the day-to-day ways of working of law firms around the world. Even at this early stage of AI integration, long-held assumptions around the…
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Tom Whittaker and Gabi Commatteo curate the recommendations of AI committee members for where to get to grips with, and keep on top of, developments in AI and the law. You may feel similarly to us – AI is everything, everywhere, all at once. A never-ending amount to listen to, read, and watch. And all evolving…
Rory O’Keeffe maps out how lean legal teams can outpace larger rivals, halve turnaround times and unlock real business impact. There’s a persistent myth in legal circles that AI is a game for the big players. Deep pockets, sprawling data lakes and armies of technologists are seen as prerequisites – yet only 54% of legal…
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James Phoenix, a litigator, shares insights from a six month sojourn into agentic GenAI software development. Imagine, if you will, a trainee, but a rather unusual one; their output needs careful review and they never show up to meetings but what they are is indefatigable; they don’t get ill and they are ready to work…
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