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Perception vs reality: litigation trends GCs need to know about | Shoosmiths

As an in-house counsel navigating disputes, managing litigation risk and having to communicate those to the board, it’s critical to understand the key trends shaping the legal landscape. It is intended that this insight will allow for GCs to prepare for emerging challenges, leverage new technologies, and adopt strategies that lead to the best outcomes …

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Reputation in the digital age | Carter-Ruck

Individuals often only learn the true value of their reputation when it is attacked; for businesses, reputation has never left the agenda. It shores up a customer base, is a prerequisite for growth, and feeds into the bottom line as goodwill. But many businesses, and individuals, are struggling to navigate the protean landscape of threats …

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Legal tech: Opportunities abound from AI 1.0 | Thomson Reuters

Kriti Sharma is an overachiever, having held senior tech and advisory roles at HSBC, Sage, the UN and Barclays, and been named among Forbes’ 30 under 30 list. She still heads up an NGO she founded called AI for Good. Now, she is also chief product officer, legal tech at Thomson Reuters.

Data protection and cybersecurity – what busy GCs need to know | BCL Solicitors LLP

It is often said that the speed of technological progress outstrips the law’s ability to keep pace. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the field of data protection and cybersecurity when almost daily reports of high-tech innovation contrast sharply with laborious and often ill-informed legislative debates over applicable and too frequently impractical regulatory frameworks. …

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New building safety requirements | RPC

The Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act) is the central plank in the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Act was enacted with the aim of improving the standard of buildings in England and securing the safety of people in or about those buildings, with a particular focus on fire safety.

2023 and beyond: Emerging risks and legislation | DAC Beachcroft

Parent companies are in the firing line for harms caused by foreign subsidiaries Growing awareness of ESG issues and rights to access justice is fuelling an increase in group actions against UK and EU-domiciled parent companies for alleged human rights abuse and environmental damage caused by their overseas subsidiaries and affiliates. With the English Supreme …

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Financial crime: legislative predictions for the year ahead | RPC

2022 proved to be another unprecedented year. It began with the creation of further and increasingly complex sanctions against Russia which set in motion a number of other legal and policy initiatives to combat kleptocracy. The coupling of extreme economic and political climates and the constantly evolving threats from financial crime also served to feed …

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Walker Morris achieves record results through new growth strategy | Walker Morris

Walker Morris achieved record results last year, with a turnover of more than £60m, ending 30 April 2022, compared to £55.2m the year before. This follows four years of strong growth, with revenue increasing by almost 50% since 1 May 2017. Managing partner Malcolm Simpson explains how this follows the launch of the firm’s new …

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US data privacy framework approval moves a step closer | Brodies

President Biden has signed an executive order introducing new safeguards that seek to address the concerns raised by the European Court of Justice in the Schrems II decision on transfers of personal data to the US. The UK and European Commission will now commence the next stages of their adequacy assessment processes. In this update …

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How general counsel can help maximise the prospects of success of an IT transformation project | Addleshaw Goddard

In an ever more competitive world, businesses are under increasing pressure to transform the way they operate and adopt digital delivery models for their processes and services. Indeed, a successful digital transformation project can mean the difference between a business failing and one that embraces the future and realises its potential. But such projects carry …

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