13 Dec, 2024 The FCA’s next steps to regulate crypto By George Harrington Charles Maurice The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is introducing new rules to bring various forms of cryptoassets within its regulatory remit. To...
19 Nov, 2024 Say goodbye to Community Designs - EU design law changes are incoming! By Jessica Gregson On 18 November 2024, the EU Design Legislative Reform Package was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The underlying...
31 Jul, 2024 Azure we under attack? Microsoft confirms cyber-attack behind latest incident By James Evison Another large scale power outage for Microsoft products occurred 30 July 2024, only two weeks after the CrowdStrike incident on 19 July...
29 Jul, 2024 Outage outrage: CrowdStrike’s glitch sparks litigation concerns By James Evison The recent CrowdStrike outage on 19 July 2024 caused havoc across the world, leading to significant disruption across a host of...
24 Jul, 2024 The Kings Speech: Cyber Security and Resilience Bill By Laura Burge The Kings Speech delivered on 17 July 2024 outlined the new Labour government’s plans to introduce a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill...
24 Jul, 2024 The King’s Speech: Digital Information and Smart Data Bill By Georgie Barrow The King’s Speech delivered on 17 July 2024 set out two new bills with implications for the technology sector, one of which being the...
07 Jun, 2024 DPDI Bill washed away By Laura Burge On 22 May 2024, the Prime Minister announced that a general election is to be held on 4 July 2024. Following this announcement, UK...
07 Feb, 2024 Cyber Governance Code of Practice – call for views By Alasdair McDowell The UK government has opened a consultation on its draft Cyber Governance Code of Practice (the “Code”), which was published on 23...
26 Jan, 2024 Celebrating Data Privacy Day 2024: A snapshot of current developments By Beverley Flynn With so much going on in the data protection landscape, we bring you a brief roundup on key issues: Transfers abroad New guidelines for...
11 Jan, 2024 Is AI the answer to tackling workplace sexual harassment? By Rebecca Berry It's been nearly six years now since the MeToo movement brought sexual harassment to the forefront of our minds. With the advent of AI,...
14 Dec, 2023 The Booking.com app scam - what lessons can businesses learn? By Alasdair McDowell Cyber security, systems vulnerability and data protection are not the most festive topics. But recent fraudulent activity on the...
11 Dec, 2023 GPT CGT fail - another AI cautionary tale! By James Evison The legal profession has collectively been getting very excited about AI this year. Used properly, it has huge potential to support...