The European Patent Office’s report shows the US is by far the most innovative country in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, with Europe losing ground China and Korea
The startup, which is backed by a co-founder of Google Maps, has moved its headquarters to the British capital to position itself at the centre of the global legaltech industry
Alexander Egerton looks at what a business needs to consider as it shifts to e-commerce
Merlin Piscitelli examines dealmakers' attitudes to the digitilisation of M&A and the benefits it can bring across the whole lifecycle of a deal
Parth Chanda discusses the renewed importance of data driven anti-corruption systems in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the benefits they can bring to a business
Piyush Gupta examines how the US is handling regulation of anti-drone systems and how India is providing a possible alternative
Dr Rachel Free of CMS considers the ethical issues of AI and how the law can protect it
Michelle Hanlon of the Center for Air and Space Law examines how laws governing our activities in space relate to the fast-growing field of robotics
In response to patent offices in Europe and the US denying patents for inventions by AI, David Brinck of EIP argues that the need for a change in the law is pressing
The legal industry needs a standardised system to measure AI in the technology it employs, argues Dr Lance Eliot
Philip Prowse of HFW makes the case for the cryptocurrency’s 2020 version
A round-up of tech deals from across the globe
Major legal appointments from across the tech industry
Bryan Bach provides a step-by-step guide to how law firms should set about implementing their first AI-powered project
The fallout from the demise of New Zealand exchange Cryptopia is adding to a growing body of law on the legal treatment of cryptoassets, write Kushal Gandhi and James Highfield
Space law advisor Chris Johnson asks whether the law can keep up with the rapid pace of new developments in space exploration
HSBC’s Stuart Levey takes up CEO role with Robert Werner joining as general counsel
While military needs have historically driven advances in AI and robotics, the fight against Covid-19 holds out the enticing prospect of an acceleration in their use to improve medicine. Dr David Cowan reports
Facebook's Emer Cassidy argues that that not only facial recognition’s use but also its creation and accuracy must be regulated
The power that online information and the routes of its dissemination have recently been made aware to the wider world in the wake of the 2016 US presidential election and the UK’s referendum to leave the European Union – the term “Cambridge Analytica Scandal” is a very familiar one.