Law firms and small businesses will continue to be victims of cyber-attacks unless they radically change their approach to security. Below David Blundell, Managing Director at CyberHive, points out the risks and dangers for legal practices in today’s digital age. Reports from the National Cyber Security Centre that £11 million of client money has been […]
Amazon are reportedly investigating claims that workers are selling confidential information for money. The investigations, mainly focused in China, are part of a wider effort to clamp down on malicious practices at the online shopping giant. A report by the Wall Street Journal has stated Amazon employees are accepting payments for internal data from independent […]
Figures just released show that the SFO is increasing its use of raids in criminal investigations. Aziz Rahman, of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli, explains how and why such raids should be challenged. The number of raids carried out by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to gather evidence for criminal investigations more than tripled in […]
Hackers have law firms firmly in their crosshairs. According to figures from the National Cyber Security Centre, last year saw a 20% rise in cyber-attacks on law firms. Once a ‘nice to have’, law firms can no longer ignore advanced cyber security. The risk, both to a firm’s finances and reputation, is too great. Randhir […]
British Airways has been the target of a “sophisticated, malicious criminal attack” on its website and app*. The breach, which took place between 21 August and 5 September, is said to have affected 380,000 transactions and included personal and financial details of customers. British Airways has reached out to all customers affected by the breach, […]
A recent survey by MHA, the national association of independent accountancy firms we are a member of, revealed that total external funding per equity partner in small and mid-sized practices decreased significantly in 2017, ranging from £42,000 in the smallest firms to £228,000 in the largest, compared with £156,000 to £506,000 last year. While reducing […]
The law of implied terms allows the court to imply a term into a contract to cover a situation which has not expressly been provided for in writing. In this article Ioannis Alexopoulos, Partner, and Jessica Thomas, Associate at Signature Litigation, consider the recent case of Robert Bou-Simon v BGC Brokers LP[1] which warned against […]
Net neutrality is the principle that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) treat all internet data equally and do not discriminate or charge differently depending on the user, content, website, platform, application or method of communication. Below Andrew Jerrard, Solicitor in Commercial Services at Coffin Mew, explains for Lawyer Monthly. The principle is intended to stop […]
When asked about additional regulation for Google on Aug. 29, President Trump said “we’re just going to see” before adding he wanted to see “fairness” on the platform.
More than a small handful of Gmail’s 1.4 billion users went into panic mode last month, when the papers headlined that the widely accredited email server allows external companies to ‘read’ their users’ private emails. It was reported that users that connect to third party apps to their Gmail accounts, gave permission for their emails […]
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