Dr David Cowan
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'It's 2020' - how Ontario's judges are starting to embrace remote court hearings
Pressure is building for Ontario's courts to modernise as lawyers are urged to improve their technology skills
Irish courts thrown into confusion over 'bizarre' two-hour hearing rule
Clarity sought over policy for physical court appearances after surprise ruling that sittings could not last for more than two hours
Top Saudi lawyer defends legal robustness of troubled oil kingdom
Khoshaim & Associates managing partner hails measures to open up the Middle East's largest economy as it faces a deep recession
McCann FitzGerald and William Fry cut pay as Covid-19 reverses Brexit optimism in Ireland
Dr David Cowan reports on how the Irish legal profession is responding to coronavirus
G20 launches regtech sprint to tackle global compliance challenges
Saudi G20 Presidency and Bank for International Settlements unveil TechSprint competition
Advances in artificial intelligence fuelling law firm profitability fears, survey finds
Poll of top UK law firm finance directors identifies advanced tech as top three threat to profits
More women must enter male-dominated legal tech to guard against AI bias, conference hears
Former UK law society president warns of risk of bias being hardwired into AI
EU unleashes ambitious AI regulatory agenda 'to make tech optimists of us all'
People, rights and risks top EU AI remit but lawyers warn of tensions over a regulatory agenda that may have a chilling effect
UK government advisory body rules out setting up an AI regulator
Committee on Standards in Public Life warns of dangers posed by AI but doesn't want a 'new, shiny' regulator
Digitization of content piling pressure on legal operations, survey finds
Forty per cent of respondents expect digital content volumes to increase by third in two years
West Coast new law pioneer UpCounsel to close in wake of law suit
Surprise decision to shut website permanently follows suit in which it was accused of violating bar rules
GDPR regime emerges as early candidate for post-Brexit divergence
It is 'business as usual' for GDPR for now, but that may change given signals from the UK government
Total GDPR fines climb to €114m as companies struggle to comply with regime
More than 160,000 data breaches reported with France, Germany and Austria imposing the highest fines to date, research finds
Third of banks spending more than five per cent of revenue on compliance, report finds
One in five respondents in global survey of financial services executives identify compliance costs as number one concern
The invisible lawyers: report highlights regime of hostility and discrimination for disabled
Legal professionals hide their disability when applying for jobs while firms are risk averse when hiring, according to a major UK study
Data ethics transforming privacy law after 'social media hangover'
Businesses urged to change privacy approach to reflect public attitude shift
Law firms still 'don't get' legal operations
Traditional legal practices taken to task as GCs and legal ops heads discuss how they can work together on day two of the CLOC 2020 London Institute
Robots take a back seat as London CLOC forum debates legal tech's disruptive forces
Global Legal Post reports on day one of the CLOC 2020 London Institute
Major survey of UK barristers claims Bar is reaching 'breaking point'
Barristers need to rethink their practices with technology know-how and skills lacking, says new research.
Legal operations come under spotlight at CLOC's London conference
London Institute meets as pressure grows to do more with less; CLOC releases directory to help find the right providers