04/26/2023
Cybersecurity Corporate Governance: Three Essential Steps to Form a Cyber Incident Swat Team
Cybersecurity is now an essential aspect of corporate governance, business risk management, and mandated legal (regulatory) compliance
FinTech
04/25/2023
Cloud customers should consider options following Ofcom report
Ofcom’s interim report does not consider in any detail the standard cloud terms and contracting practices which cloud suppliers use.
04/24/2023
Cayman Blockchain Chapter (Mondaq)
The other regulatory regime that may be relevant for protocols with an associated token or which enable trading of securities is the Securities and Investment Business Act (SIBA).
04/20/2023
Herbert Smith Freehills to run free digital law course for for students in Asia and Australia
These lawyers specialise in the metaverse, NFTs and artificial intelligence, and routinely advise some of the world’s largest technology brands.
04/20/2023
‘Unprecedented’ warning over cyber threat to UK critical national infrastructure
This is particularly the case for those organisations key to CNI.
04/20/2023
Crypto disputes: an offshore perspective
As such, when a user has an issue with their account (e.g. their trade is not honoured or their account is frozen) or their cryptoassets are misappropriated there is a high probability that an exchange or entity located in the BVI or Cayman will be somewh
04/19/2023
A&O's U.S. IP team secures appeal victory for cybersecurity technology on behalf of Unified Patents
“Allen & Overy is committed to ensuring that our client’s mission to prevent unproven and illegitimate patent claims continues to succeed,” said David Tennant, partner in A&O’s Intellectual Property practice.
04/06/2023
Partners Complete Blockchain and Crypto Executive Program
The modules helped participants gain an understanding of decentralized finance
04/06/2023
Withers tech represents deep-tech VC fund, At One Ventures, on its investment into climate-tech company Evove
Evove are pioneers serving society with superior filtration and separation technologies.
04/03/2023
AI projects need not be delayed for new UK rules, says expert
The government has said that while AI presents exciting opportunities, it also poses a threat to values such as safety, security, fairness, privacy and agency, human rights, societal well-being and prosperity.
03/29/2023
Cryptoassets play a growing role in insolvency practices
A combination of political uncertainty, increasing inflation and tightening monetary policy has caused an increasing number of insolvency cases in which the estates are comprised, at least in part, by cryptocurrencies and other cryptoassets.
03/28/2023
When being a little bit square is a good thing: CMS AppliedVR decision shows how innovative technology can secure a payment pathway under Medicare’s rigid statute
By developing a component of the therapy that clearly falls within a defined statutory benefit category, AppliedVR paved the way for CMS to apply a rigid statute and its longstanding interpretations of that statute to a very innovative technology.
03/28/2023
UK Government to launch Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme
The Government has announced that the ETA will be rolled out in three stages
03/20/2023
FERC Approves New Cybersecurity Standards for Low-Impact Electric Assets
This directive expands upon, and replaces, a previous cybersecurity standard, Reliability Standard CIP-003-8, which applied only to high- and medium-impact BES assets.
03/09/2023
Herbert Smith Freehills advises Eurazeo on its Investment in Etix, an Operator of data Centers in Regional Locations
Through its investment, Eurazeo will aim to address the challenge of incorporating sustainability considerations into the construction and operation of data centers.
02/24/2023
A new cryptocurrency remedy against software developers?
The Court of Appeal found that software developers may have a duty to introduce code so that stolen bitcoin could be transferred to its rightful owner.
02/22/2023
US crypto crackdown could impact on wider banking industry
The SEC has also ordered one crypto exchange to abandon a scheme offering more than 20% returns to customers and proposed tougher safeguards for investor assets after several crypto companies collapsed last year.
02/15/2023
Burges Salmon advises Gemba on milestone VR funding
The firm has advised VR workforce training leader Gemba on its $18 million Series A fundraising to become the go-to learning platform on the Metaverse
02/15/2023
UK Crypto Proposals: registered firms win breathing space over financial promotions
The government’s approach concerned the industry.
02/13/2023
Understand ransomware payment risks before incidents happen, says expert
Businesses can apply to the OFSI for a licence that enables them to undertake activity that would otherwise constitute a breach of financial sanctions.