The Gulf state of Qatar has introduced a tough set of laws on cybercrime, including substantial financial penalties which can be doubled if a public official is involved. | 11yrs
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Bringing successful prosecutions in the US over cybercrime is 'very difficult', according to the new director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology at the Univsersity of Akron School of Law. | 11yrs
Car-sharing company Uber has halted operations in Nevada after a judge in the state issued a preliminary injunction against it - in a case which might help define the boundaries of digital companies. | 11yrs
Kim Dotcom, the German-born founder of Megaupload, has begun representing himself, claiming that a battle with the US legal authorities has drained him of resources including the money to pay his legal team. | 11yrs
This second edition, written by leading ESG legal specialists, provides an up-to-date jurisdictional ... | 1yr
A network of lawyers developing apps for use in the law has risen to nearly 1,800 - mainly based on the east and west coasts of the US but also in Stockholm. | 11yrs
Consumers are narrowing the knowledge gap with lawyers and accessing information more 'than ever before', according to Jordan Furlong, a consultant at Edge International. | 11yrs
London fee-earners in CMS Cameron McKenna are to be equipped with Microsoft tablets after the practice bought a batch lot of 1,000 devices. | 11yrs
Even if technology is pushing down legal fees in some areas, lawyers in general are in the safest part of the jobs market, according to an analysis of the UK. | 11yrs
Brad Smith, GC at Microsoft, says a new balance is needed to stop the 'arms war' between governments engaged in surveillance and users demanding greater privacy tools. | 11yrs
Ashley Winton, formerly head of IP and IT at White & Case's London office, is joining Paul Hastings on 3 November. | 11yrs
The launch rate of e-products in the legal sector is increasing so fast that a range of them have been unveiled this week alone. | 11yrs
The Department of Justice's and its newly created Prosecution Task Force on Cybercrime are calling for specialist courts to be set up. | 11yrs
A law firm in Michigan which defends people on drunk driving charges is to let clients pay it by Apple Pay, the contactless system that can be used via iPhones, Apple Watch and iPads. | 11yrs
The cloud-based practice manager solution LexisNexis Firm Manager is to be integrated into Microsoft Office 365. | 11yrs
Legal practices are among the businesses being targeted by at least 13 advanced malware groups from China, according to a forensics expert. | 11yrs
Benjamim Lawsky, the top financial watchdog in New York state, is asking banks about the cyber security of their suppliers, including law firms. | 11yrs
RoboLaw, a consortium of Italian lawyers and experts, has begun examining the legal issues for cases in which driverless cars and other robots become involved in accidents. | 11yrs
Bird & Bird is to open next month in Australia, with a headcount of 42, through a merger with technology boutique practice Truman Hoyle. | 11yrs
The Law Ministry in India is planning courses for judges on cyber laws and IT-related cases after the judiciary was deemed to be struggling in handling cases relating to content on Google and Facebook. | 11yrs
Richard Susskind, one of the world's best-known IT-specialist lawyers, has warned that law firms which do not adapt to technology could be gone within a decade. | 11yrs