BT has announced the firm will be exclusively focusing on full-fibre broadband across the UK. They have sold their legal software division in a ‘national mission’ to provide Britain ultra-fast broadband.
With the number of large-scale and successful cyber attacks in the finance sector increasing rapidly in recent years, stringent cybersecurity services are in high demand.
This month, the MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) will start the bidding process for 5 new virtual bank licenses in the Singaporean market.
In January of this year the magic circle law firm Linklaters launched their Ideas Pathway platform. It has seen 38 new ideas be implemented to date and 17 more in the evaluation stage of development which are all sourced from various employees throughout the firm.
International firm Simmons & Simmons have announced the acquisition of Wavelength, the first regulated legal engineering firm in the world.
Starting in 2020, all Android users (new and existing) in the European Economic Zone (EEA) will have the option to select their default search engine before launching their device.
Facebook agreed a record $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that also imposed new obligations over how the tech giant handles personal data. However, the agreement also granted Facebook immunity and did not hold any of its officers personally liable.
Hogan Lovells expands its suite of alternative legal services (ALS) offerings by partnering up with Cognia Law (a leading ALS provider). This move is an alternative (perhaps more pragmatic) path taken in BigLaw’s heated race to NewLaw this summer.
The Law Society has been studying the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the legal services sector. In June this year, Law Society president Christina Blacklaws delivered the findings in her keynote speech.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is considering allegations that FaceApp, the popular face-aging photo app, is misusing personal data.