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30 July 2024
Issue: 8082 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Artificial intelligence
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AI Act dangers

Corporate counsel have warned the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act, in force from August, may have unanticipated consequences for the tech industry

Denas Grybauskas, head of legal at Oxylabs, said: ‘One business compliance risk that is not being discussed lies in the fact the AI Act will affect not only firms that directly deal with AI technologies but the wider tech community as well.’

Grybauskas said the Act ‘lays down explicit requirements and limitations’ that target developers, users, importers, and distributors’ but might also bring indirect liability to third parties in the supply chain, such as data collection companies.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

NEWS
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A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
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