Shepherd and Wedderburn elects Andrew Blain as Managing Partner
Shepherd and Wedderburn has elected Andrew Blain as its new Managing Partner. Andrew has been a member of Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Board since 2009 as Divisional Director of the Corporate...
Putting a price on a rooftop
It is generally accepted in the telecoms market that activity has been “paused” until operators and site providers had some idea of how would the Electronic Communications Code would be...
Innovation and collaboration driving legal tech success
Since launching LawscotTech last October, we now have more than 100 active participants from across Scotland’s legal community working with us. LawscotTech, which has brought in a group of Scottish...
Law Society calls for international standards on data collection by private firms
Governments and organisations which collect people’s data should work together to create good practice standards for managing personal data, according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to...
Edinburgh tech firm partners with Law Society of Scotland
The Law Society of Scotland has announced a partnership with Edinburgh-based technology company, Amiqus Resolution, to develop and deliver software products that will support law firms across the country. Amiqus...
EE wins contract to ‘transform Police Scotland’s mobile future’
The Scottish Police Authority has awarded mobile operator EE, part of BT Group, with a £21m three-year contract to supply mobile services to Police Scotland. Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham...
Google fined €50m by French watchdog for GDPR breach
CNIL, the French data protection authority, has imposed a record fine of €50m on Google for violating Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It said that the search company was...
Apple, Amazon among eight tech firms cited for failure to comply with GDPR
Apple and Amazon are among eight technology firms named in a complaint filed in Austria by the non-profit organisation noyb (‘none of your business’), which cited their failure to comply...
Driving innovation in Scotland’s law sector
As a nation, Scotland rightly is proud of its history of innovation. As a profession however, lawyers around the globe have been slower to harness the advantages technology can bring....
Protect and serve: Helping police ingest and share multi-media evidence
It goes without saying that CCTV footage, dashcam and mobile phone recordings, and videos of witness statements can be integral pieces of evidence in criminal investigations and prosecution proceedings. However,...
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