Locke Lord – In just a few weeks, on May 25, 2018, the EU’s new data protection law goes live. The General Data Protection Regulation, commonly known as the GDPR, is the biggest change to European data protection law in over 20 years and will seriously impact businesses across the U.S. and around the world. […]
Simpson Grierson – 2018 set to be a big year for public law and regulation. The Labour-led government is creating momentum, with new legislation, significant regulatory and social sector reviews and some key policy changes. Elsewhere in public law, technology is creating new pressures for government and highlighting the need for some (overdue) changes. Closely
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White & Case – Virtual currency and blockchain (VC&B) technology are becoming an important component of the global financial system. Although VC&B were founded on a non-governmental philosophy, the technology is steadily gaining legitimacy. Global interest in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) may have reached a fever pitch last year, but 2017 was also memorable for
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Legal Executive Institute – In a white paper created with small law firms or solo practitioners in mind, attorney Jared Correia explains why it makes sense for solo attorneys and small law firms to embrace today’s virtual law office technology in an increasingly mobile world. The white paper, Mobile in Practice: The Benefits of a
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Clifford Chance – As every news cycle brings further revelations about the alleged misuse of personal data by social media companies and political consultants, regulators, politicians and the public are more concerned than ever with what happens to information placed online, who has it and how it is being used. Data protection and other enforcement
Slaughter & May – Slaughter and May and ASI Data Science, the high-growth British Technology firm, have published Superhuman Resources, a joint white paper on the responsible deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in business. We believe that AI could become the most transformative workplace technology of the 21st Century, with the associated need for business
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Pillsbury – The Prime Minister has given the clearest indication yet of what the UK will seek in the Brexit negotiations. Access to each side’s markets is going to be less than it is today. The UK will leave the single market and things are going to be different in the future, but the UK
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ProProfs.com – Documentation exists to explain a product’s functionality, unify project-related information, and allow for discussing all significant questions that arise between stakeholders and developers. But what’s the best way to deliver these docs to your users? Undermentioned is an insightful guide with Seven easy steps to help you write software documentation that is
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Davis Polk – After a decade of enforcing different aspects of its antitrust laws through three separate bodies, China is expected to consolidate antitrust authority into a single agency as part of a broader reorganization of government ministries. The move could have significant repercussions for private parties, following long-standing reports of concerns about staffing shortages
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Davis Polk – Enforcement Division “Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative” offers “favorable” settlement terms to advisers who self-report potential violations concerning Rule 12b-1 fees. Over the past several years, the Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations has placed an enhanced focus on identifying situations in which an adviser does not adequately disclose that it
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