2017

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Compliance Professionals Risk Onboarding Delays as Complexity of Regulation Grows

7th April 2017
A recent study by Dun & Bradstreet shows compliance professionals anticipate a more complex and uncertain future, which will increase data governance challenges and cause difficulties in the customer journey. The research, which surveyed compliance professionals in the UK financial sector, found that almost half (49%) believe that it will become harder for their organisation […]
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Businesses Working to Protect Personal Information but Cybersecurity Concerns Linger

7th April 2017
There is a sharp drop in the amount of the public expressing concern about identity theft, according to a new survey conducted for Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada). Two-thirds (66%) of the respondents agree that they are concerned about identity theft but the number is significantly down from 74% in 2016. At the […]
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Offshore Deal Flow Falls in 2016 Amid Political Turbulence

6th April 2017
Brexit, US trade policy among factors that will impact 2017 dealmaking, Appleby reports
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$9M Jury Verdict in Texas Patent Infringement Case Against Motorola

6th April 2017
Houston patent trial lawyer Demetrios Anaipakos of Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C., or AZA, has won a $9 million federal jury verdict for Texas-based patent licensing company Saint Lawrence Communications LLC against technology heavyweight Motorola Mobility LLC for patent infringement. After a week-long trial, jurors in the US District Court for the Eastern […]
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Law is Playing Catch-Up with Internet of Things

6th April 2017
By Anthony Robinson, Excello Law. WikiLeaks’s latest dump of 9,000 CIA files revealed that US spies, in collusion with British intelligence services, had, as well as targeting smartphones and computers, developed a programme called Weeping Angel, which is allegedly able to turn a television set into a monitoring device – even when it appears to […]
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How to Prepare Your Business for Auto-Enrolment (And What Happens If You Don’t)

6th April 2017
Declan Harrington is a financial advisor at Savage Silk, a multi-disciplinary practice that specialises in offering legal and financial advice. In this article, he offers Lawyer Monthly an auto-enrolment checklist for getting your firm ready for the new pension rules, as well as information about what the penalties are if you don’t. For the best […]
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Law Requires Reshaping as AI and Robotics Alter Employment

6th April 2017
The present wave of automation, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) – the development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence – is creating a gap between current legislation and new laws necessary for an emerging workplace reality, states a report recently  published by the International Bar Association Global Employment Institute (IBA GEI). Gerlind Wisskirchen, IBA […]
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