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As organisations and individuals consider how best to leverage AI and establish appropriate governance guardrails in their own contexts,...

Following the leak of a draft European Commission white paper, it has been reported that the Commission is considering implementing a...

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution which will require the European Commission to answer questions relating to...

Last week, the Loan Market Association (LMA) hosted another seminar focused on the transition from LIBOR to alternative interest rates....

Recent focus of market participants in the debt markets has rightly been on both the immediate liquidity issues faced by businesses in...

A recent FT Alphaville article considers the state of play in the ongoing transition from LIBOR and usefully focuses on the market...

The Law Society held their annual Private Client Section conference on 1 and 2 July, which rounded off with a talk on the future of legal...

In April, we opened applications for our first ever lawtech graduate scheme - a two year programme offering exposure to legal technology...

The first thought that comes to mind when you say “legal technology” is most likely scientific or mathematic. It’s algorithms and AI,...

The pressure on the cryptocurrency market continues to yield further turmoil, with news of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s...

With OpenAI having released GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT), the newest iteration of their natural language generation tool, we are perhaps a step...

Tech risks, including cybercrime and digital inequality, have featured among the top long-term global risks identified in the World...

Established in 2019 to support the digital transformation of the UK legal sector, the United Kingdom Jurisdictional Task Force (UKJT)’s...

In our last post, we discussed the United Kingdom Jurisdictional Task Force's (UKJT) consultation on the issuance and transfer of digital...

Changing the approach to the delivery of legal services requires choices to be made. Broadly, these fall into two decisions. How can we...

On the 29th of March 2023 the UK Government released the much-anticipated white paper detailing how the UK will regulate AI. As expected,...