Dec 06, 2019 How do you explain AI? By Natalie Donovan This week the ICO, together with the Alan Turing Institute (The Turing), published draft guidance aimed at helping organisations explain...
Nov 26, 2019 Is now a good time for a UK digital services tax? By Zoe Andrews The message was clear at last week's OECD public consultation on the reform of the international tax rules that there is a need to fix...
Nov 20, 2019 Building legal foundations: UKJT publishes legal statement on the status of cryptoassets and smart contracts By Slaughter and May The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (or ‘UKJT’) has published a legal statement on the status of cryptoassets and the enforceability of smart...
Nov 08, 2019 Robot delivery services: the latest in anthropomorphic marketing? By Slaughter and May Given the number of announcements this year from the likes of Starship, Segway, Ford and FedEx you would be forgiven for feeling...
Nov 01, 2019 Tax on cryptoassets: HMRC’s latest guidance for business By Zoe Andrews In December 2018, I wrote a blog about HMRC’s guidance for individuals on the taxation of cryptoassets. HMRC has, nearly a year later,...
Oct 28, 2019 Putting the ML into AML By Tim Fosh The FCA and Bank of England have recently published the findings of their first ever survey of the use of machine learning (ML) in...
Oct 11, 2019 Introducing Insta-contracts By Slaughter and May In pursuit of reaching a wider audience, the New York Public Library (NYPL) recently ran a project to adapt classic literature to...
Oct 09, 2019 The Future of Financial Regul-AI-tion By Tim Fosh We are proud to have contributed to a report on the opportunities afforded by artificial intelligence in the financial and professional...
Oct 09, 2019 Large consumer-facing businesses in scope of proposed new taxing right By Zoe Andrews The Secretariat proposal for a unified approach published today for consultation until 12 November focuses on Pillar One (nexus and...
Oct 08, 2019 Now and tomorrow: European Commission assesses future of blockchain By Lucy Chambers Today, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre published a flagship report exploring the challenges and impacts of blockchain and...
Sep 18, 2019 'Technology, Access to Justice and the Rule of Law': a new report from the Law Society By Slaughter and May Despite the rapid technological changes which have taken place in the past few years, disrupting almost all facets of our lives, there...
Aug 27, 2019 Events Team innovation is a recipe for success By Nicola Bailey Innovation comes in many forms, and by stirring up the Firm’s flagship client-facing event, our Events team have secured a double award...
Aug 21, 2019 Music to regulators' ears? Antitrust, RPM, and AI By Lucy Chambers This month, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined Casio Electronics (the UK-based unit of Casio Computer) GBP 3.7 million...
Aug 16, 2019 Taxpayers, tax authorities and tech By Tanja Velling "Making Tax Digital" stands for a drive by the UK tax authority, HMRC, to move to digital records and returns. The stated aim is to make...
Aug 14, 2019 How to get someone to pay for your wall By Slaughter and May Ever since my husband got an iPhone, I have become 'quite' familiar with the yellow BBC Sports banner at the top of the screen, because...
Aug 09, 2019 Silicon Valley - 'A Sea of Dudes'? 'Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed by Men' By Slaughter and May It is broadly accepted that the tech sector lags behind others in relation to diversity, inclusion and gender equality. In her recently...