31 May, 2019 Rethinking our digital habits By Tanja Velling Unsurprisingly - given, for instance, the findings of last year's Ofcom Communications Market Report that most people in the UK are...
29 May, 2019 Regulating social media By Tanja Velling Last week, Facebook published its Community Standards Enforcement Report, evidencing high automatic detection rates for sexual, violent...
29 May, 2019 Technology and shipping - the high seas of antitrust? By Slaughter and May As you read this, there are more than five million shipping containers in circulation globally, transporting more than one trillion US...
24 May, 2019 Is a digital services tax potentially State aid? By Slaughter and May State aid is not a tax specific concept, but rather a more general principle designed to stop EU member states from interfering in...
24 May, 2019 What makes the UK so attractive to fintech? By Zoe Andrews The recently published brochure, UK FinTech State of the Nation, summarises the UK's fintech industry and demonstrates the UK's...
22 May, 2019 Should the potential for misuse stop us from embracing new tech? By Emma Walton Facial recognition is back in the news this week as the South Wales police force defends its use of the technology after an office worker...
21 May, 2019 Taxing the digital economy: my way or the highway will not lead to a longer-term solution By Deeksha Rathi There is a common recent development in the tax systems of the UK, France, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain. All of...
20 May, 2019 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health issue each year. Could tech be part of the answer? By Slaughter and May New articles and studies are published almost daily bemoaning the negative impact of technology on our mental health - but could...
17 May, 2019 Polish retail tax State aid case paves the way for digital services taxes By Zoe Andrews Poland introduced a progressive tax based on turnover in 2016. Small shops with low monthly turnover paid no tax, whereas large...
15 May, 2019 Apps, photos and...financial services? The future of fintech By Slaughter and May I can't remember the last time that I visited a branch of my bank, or wrote a cheque. I do all of my banking through mobile apps and pay...
15 May, 2019 The hidden fight on my phone (continues): SCOTUS weighs in By Slaughter and May In recent years, you may have noticed an intense fervor brewing over what antitrust law can (and more importantly, should, if anything)...
02 May, 2019 FinTech Alliance - Proof the UK is no longer a challenger By Slaughter and May On Tuesday the chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced the launch of the fintech Alliance, an initiative to bring together various elements...
01 May, 2019 Does your office plant really improve your work? By Slaughter and May Until relatively recently, very little thought was given to where and how we work. The psychological impacts of architecture and...