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The $600 Billion – And Rising! – Cost of Cybercrime

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Fox Rothschild –  The cost of cybercrime continues to rise, driven by increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals and a growing pool of new and often unsophisticated internet users, according to a new report from internet security firm McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “Cybercrime is relentless, undiminished, and unlikely to stop. It is just

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International arbitration: the top trends in 2018

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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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Bitcoin Investment Platform Operator Charged with Perjury and Obstruction of Justice

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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An Australian Court’s Blockchain Breakthrough

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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

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When Artificial Intelligence Can Play Havoc With Manipulated Video Images

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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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The factors that can trigger supply chain disruption and litigation in the life sciences industry

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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,

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Legal Risk: Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Financial Crime

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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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