REUTERS | Nikola Solic
June 2, 2017

The emerging disruptor: the legal operations team

The influence of technology in disrupting the traditionally conservative legal profession and shaping our future as in-house lawyers continues its inexorable momentum forward. We’ve been highlighting this trend on this blog in the last few months (see in particular: The rise of the machines: new technology and its impact on the professions; How in-house lawyers can become “digital” lawyers; The Tech Express: time to jump on board, say lawyers; and How to identify, acquire and implement the right technology for your legal department).

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REUTERS | Henry Romero
May 26, 2017

What’s on the agenda for in-house lawyers in June 2017?

The key event this month is the general election on 8 June. In-house lawyers may also be interested in new research highlighting an increase in legal cases against FTSE100 companies and the expected publication of the Taylor review on modern employment practices.

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REUTERS | Amit Dave
May 26, 2017

TI’s Business Integrity Forum – sharing the challenges and benchmarking the solutions

On Friday 5th May, Transparency International UK (TI-UK) held its latest Business Integrity Forum meeting at Thomson Reuters in Canary Wharf with more than 50 participants (primarily in-house legal and compliance experts) from 30 companies. This event covered a number of relevant issues for in-house counsel and compliance officers.

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REUTERS | Dominic Ebenbichler
May 25, 2017

GDPR: one year to go and counting – what you need to do now

In the wake of the recent national ransomware attack and significant fines being imposed on Facebook and WhatsApp, it seems that data protection is hitting the front pages more frequently than ever before (see Legal update, Commission fines Facebook for providing misleading information about acquisition of WhatsApp). This is a trend that is only likely to increase as cyber attacks grow in ferocity, strength and impact, and with the advent of rigorous compliance requirements and substantial fines under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which becomes effective a year today. Continue reading →

REUTERS | Phil Noble
April 27, 2017

What’s on the agenda for in-house lawyers in May 2017?

Theresa May’s announcement of a general election on 8 June 2017, and the accompanying period of “purdah”,  will have an impact on several issues that in-house lawyers have been tracking recently, in particular the various proposals on corporate governance reform. Other notable developments this month include final guidance on gender pay gap reporting and two consultations on the General Data Protection Regulation.

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