Law Society of Scotland launches its first ‘massive open online course’
The Law Society of Scotland, together with law firm Addleshaw Goddard and the UK Chamber of Shipping, has developed a massive open online course (MOOC) about maritime law which starts…
UK’s financial conduct authority investigates Equifax hacking
The UK’s financial conduct authority has opened an investigation into the hacking of U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax, which affected nearly 700,000 UK citizens. The announcement follows a letter from…
Legal directories guide, part two: preparing a standout submission
In compiling this guide, we have canvassed the views of editors at Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500. Over the course of a research period, their researchers will review…
Google challenges record European antitrust fine in court
Google has appealed against a record 2.4bn Euro (£2.18 billion) antitrust fine, its chances of success boosted by Intel’s partial victory last week against an European sanction. The move by…
‘Special Representative on Internet Safety’ appointed by Prime Minister
Theresa May has appointed Baroness Shields as the Prime Minister’s ‘Special Representative on Internet Safety’. The newly created role, which is unpaid, “will support the delivery of the government’s objective…
European court rules companies must tell employees of email and messaging checks
Companies must tell employees in advance if their work email accounts are being monitored, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday in a landmark privacy case. In a…
Scots software blocks sale of fakes worth £3bn
An Edinburgh-based team of multi-lingual data analysts is in discussions with Amazon, eBay and China’s e-commerce platform Alibaba about combatting the £1.3 trillion global trade in counterfeit goods. SnapDragon was…
‘Spearphishing, smishing and whaling’ – we’re struggling to keep up, admits cyber cop
Police Scotland hope for co-operation between officers and business as it fights against a rising tide of automated and industrial hacking New and constantly evolving forms of cybercrime have left…
Balancing the right to privacy with the duty to protect
A hack of Firefox and Google Chrome underlines the complexity of the encryption debateThere are few things nicer than presenting some ideas in my home city, Edinburgh, a place that…
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