Last month, I was very lucky to participate in the renowned WIPO-UNIGE Summer Programme on Intellectual Property Law. Being able to get a glimpse behind the scenes of WIPO, naturally led me to contemplate the role and significance of modern technologies within this system. It
On the 12 May this year I addressed around 600 lawyers at the annual dinner of ARDL, the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers at The Guildhall, London where I spoke about the role of equality, diversity and inclusion in Artificial Intelligence. I spoke about
Taylor Wessing, the global law firm, recently announced the launch of an innovative employee incentive programme which is built on, and operated using, distributed ledger technology. The programme, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the legal market globally, is designed
Acquisition Will Extend Consilio’s Enterprise Legal Services Business to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia and Expand Its UK Business Consilio, the global leader in legal technology solutions and enterprise legal services, has come to an agreement to acquire Lawyers On Demand (LOD), a
Blockchain technology can positively change the way businesses operate, allowing them more control over corporate and financial matters. It provides the possibility to make decision-making processes more efficient, eliminates unnecessary intermediaries, automates tasks and protects shareholders’ right to corporate information. Tokenized Business Organizations offer new
This article will discuss how employee turnover is impacting intellectual property and data protection, as well as the important role of digital forensics in both preventing IP theft and recovering from such an incident. With the tight labour market, and the recent trend of large numbers
*Record scratch* *Freeze frame* Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation… That was me last year sat on the stage of a panel discussion entitled “Shape and Structure of Law Firms in the Digital Age”. Me, an employment lawyer for the 17 years sat
I have been in the business of law for a LONG time, coming up to 30 years in fact. For 28 of those 30 years I was a "traditional" lawyer who drafted contracts for a living before eventually running a team of 55 that drafted
The firm’s Innovation team has developed a new innovative tool to support Affinity Water’s objective of ensuring compliance across the business. Burges Salmon’s Innovation team has developed a Digital Compliance Tool in collaboration with Affinity Water, to support the company’s objective of ensuring compliance across the
