Digital disruption
How in-house lawyers can help their companies achieve digital transformation
30 September 2019 - Digital transformation , Digitilisation Tom Levine
In-house lawyers have a leading role to play in helping their companies navigate the strategic, regulatory and operational challenges of digital transformation. Corporate partner Tom Levine discusses the issues that in-house legal teams should prioritise in this podcast. › Read More
Corporate Venturing: How to use minority investments for strategic gain
09 September 2019 - William Samengo-Turner
Corporate venturing is becoming an increasingly popular tool among organisations looking to boost innovation and accelerate digital transformation. Corporate partner William Samengo-Turner discusses the role of corporate venturing and the issues that investors should consider in this podcast. › Read More
CMA launches digital markets strategy and market study into online platforms and digital advertising
05 July 2019 - CMA , Digital single market Jessica Bowring
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a document setting out its digital markets strategy and, in parallel, has launched a market study into online platforms and digital advertising. These developments follow on from a series of independent reports into the digital sector, including the Furman Report in March and the Lear Report in June. They also build on › Read More
Tech Collaborations – Harnessing potential whilst balancing risk
28 June 2019 - Megan McMellon
On 18 June, Google and Sanofi announced a new collaboration aimed at accelerating healthcare innovation. The collaboration has three key objectives: to better understand patients and diseases; to increase Sanofi’s operational efficiency; and to improve the experience of Sanofi’s patients and customers. Google and Sanofi will develop an Innovation Lab to test and explore both › Read More
AI principles and practice: The OECD recommendation continues a theme
03 June 2019 - Emma Keeling
At the end of May, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries achieved a first – signing up to a Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) (the Recommendation) that, it is hoped, will promote innovative and trustworthy AI, respecting human rights and democratic values. With that aim, the Recommendation sets out five broadly › Read More
Furman report on unlocking digital competition
20 March 2019 - Antonio Bavasso
On 13 March the UK Government published a report by an expert panel established by the Chancellor and led by Harvard economist and former White House economic adviser, Jason Furman, on reforms to competition rules and regulation in the digital sector: “Unlocking digital competition”. Executive summary The report was commissioned in the context of global › Read More