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Data breach litigation: “very modest” data breach claim labelled “form of procedural abuse”

A new English High Court ruling may make would-be claimants think more carefully before bringing sweeping data breaches claims. Emma Louise Johnson v Eastlight Community Homes Limited involved a…

Author(s): Rhodri Thomas, Sunil Singh

  • cyber security
  • data
  • data protection
  • europe
  • gdpr
  • litigation

Data privacy accountability – a risk for M&A in Europe and beyond?

Accountability deficiencies as a risk to M&A Accountability – a key principle under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – has recently become an important factor in M&A data privacy…

Author(s): Tibor Szigetvari, Robert Barton, Julian Boatin

  • us
  • europe
  • global
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • data privacy
  • data protection

Cyberattacks on the rise: key data considerations for financial institutions

Increasing digitization and rapid advancements in technology such as machine-learning and artificial intelligence for trading and advisory-services in the banking sector have led to an increased…

Author(s): Tibor Szigetvari, Philipp Roos, Rhodri Thomas, Brock Dahl

  • financial institutions
  • fintech
  • cyber security
  • data protection
  • gdpr

Data Scraping Does It Again

Once again, hiQ wins the day in the continuous data scraping saga. In the most recent ruling, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its original finding that scraping data that is…

Author(s): Mili Astesiano, Menachem Kaplan, Timothy Howard

  • us
  • data
  • data protection
  • litigation

Can technology bring about greener and more cost-efficient arbitrations?

Did you know that offsetting the carbon emissions of a medium-sized arbitration would require planting nearly 20,000 trees, or all of the trees in New York’s Central Park?This is mainly due to the…

Author(s): Natalia Zibibbo, Pedro Ramirez

  • arbitration
  • international arbitration

A new direction for UK data?

In the Queen’s Speech, the government has announced plans to reform UK data protection law. The stated aim is to create a bold data regime that allows UK businesses to take advantage of the power of…

Author(s): Giles Pratt, Katie Hyewon Sa

  • data protection
  • data
  • gdpr
  • europe

IP Trends in 2022 - AI and IP: International Regulatory Landscape

In our previous blog post on IP considerations for AI, we looked at whether an AI system, its input and output are subject to IP protection. Considering that there are plenty of uncertainties around…

Author(s): Matthias Hofer

  • ai
  • intellectual property
  • internet of things
  • tech media and telecoms
  • regulatory

EU agrees on Digital Services Act

The EU is rapidly driving its Digital Strategy forward. Read our blog series to understand how the Digital Services Act will affect your company.The Digital Services Act (“DSA”) is one step closer to…

Author(s): Julia Utzerath, Eugene McQuaid

  • ai
  • data
  • e-commerce
  • tech media and telecoms
  • platforms
  • regulatory
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