Freshfields – A tumultuous 2017 provided us some insight into where international arbitration’s greatest challenges (and opportunities) lie in 2018. In our forwarding looking, practical guide, we highlight 10 key trends in the year ahead. Highlights include: > With the re-emergence of protectionism in the West, and the retrenchment from multilateralism in the US, the […]
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Amazon Channels – CBS All Access Jon E. Montroll Allegedly Lied Repeatedly to SEC Staff During Testimony to Conceal Substantial Customer Losses Due to a Software Exploit Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of
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Proskauer – Blockchain advocates have been awaiting the final decision by ASX Ltd, the Australian Securities Exchange, as to whether ASX will replace its existing and aged CHESS registry, settlement and clearing system with a blockchain-based system that ASX has been developing and testing for the last two years. Last December, ASX announced that it
McNees Wallace & Nurick – The growth in the development of autonomous vehicles has lead to various legal issues, which are discussed here by McNees Wallace attorney Jim Franklin. See more legal briefs from leading lawyers here
Pillsbury – Recent developments in deep learning artificial intelligence have enabled almost anyone to superimpose facial features—including an entirely different face—into a preexisting video with relatively minimal effort. Until very recently, editing facial features in a video has been incredibly difficult. Even movie studios with access to professional video editing tools have struggled with the
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Hogan Lovells – Change is coming to the life sciences industry. Price pressure, new market entrants, the emergence of personalized medicine, and even climate change are adding complexity to traditional manufacturing processes and supply chain operations. In this hoganlovells.com interview, Dr. Tanja Eisenblätter, co-head of our international litigation practice and dedicated life sciences industry litigator,
Kelley Drye & Warren – A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio recently dismissed a case against actor James Woods over a tweet he posted during the 2016 presidential campaign. Woods, the outspoken conservative actor best known for his roles in Casino, Once Upon A Time In America, and Ghosts of Mississippi (for
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Allen & Overy – The Head of the Financial Crime Department at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA), Rob Gruppetta, gave a speech on “Using artificial intelligence to keep criminal funds out of the financial system” in December 2017.1 In it, he explored how artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially be used to prevent financial crime,
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Wilson Sonsini – 2018 promises to be an interesting year in the world of privacy and cybersecurity. In this article, we highlight a few of the most notable developments we expect this year, including major developments in Europe, changes and pending cases at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), notable U.S. Supreme Court cases scheduled to
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Chapman Tripp – 13 February 2018 More vibrant equity capital markets may be on the horizon for New Zealand – but not this year, Chapman Tripp says. The firm today released its annual Equity Capital Markets – trends and insights report, which tips 2018 to be a transitional year to healthier capital markets from 2019
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