Welcome to our latest round-up of legal and non-legal tech-related news stories. This edition covers court guidance on low value data breach claims, HMRC’s seizing of NFTs, the Super Bowl advert that “broke the Internet”, and much more.
Welcome to our latest round-up of legal and non-legal tech-related news stories. This edition covers an important development on international data transfers, regulation of automated vehicles and Spotify under the spotlight.
Happy New Year and welcome to our first Technology & Digital round-up of 2022. This edition covers cryptoassets, data fines, cloud services, smart supermarkets, cyber security, the metaverse and much more.
Technology & Digital: What to look out for in 2022
13/01/22
Specialists from our Technology & Digital Group give a flavour of developments to look out for in 2022 covering smart contracts and NFTs, data protection and e-privacy reform, increased scrutiny of Big Tech, the digital supply chain, and much more. We hope you enjoy reading it.
Webinar recording: #WMTechTalk: Blockchain: Smart contracts – will I have to write one?
21/01/21
This webinar went back to basics on Blockchain and how it works, and looked at the concept of a Smart Contract and considered how Smart Contracts may affect the work of lawyers and contract managers.
Government consults on new competition regime for digital markets
26/07/21
On 20 July 2021, the UK Government published proposals for a new competition regime for digital markets “to make it fairer for smaller businesses, entrepreneurs, and the British public.
Ground-breaking Digital Dispute Resolution Rules published
07/05/21
Newly published Digital Dispute Resolution Rules offer a bespoke, streamlined arbitration procedure aimed at facilitating the rapid and cost-effective resolution of commercial disputes.
Webinar recording: #WMTechTalk Avoiding/Managing disputes in tech contracts
29/04/21
Our Technology & Digital Team recently held a webinar discussion looking at key clauses in technology contracts that are important both to avoid a dispute and if a dispute arises.