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21 April 2021
Issue: 7929 / Categories: Legal News , Technology , Profession
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LSB outlines technology risks & rewards

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a report on the regulation of legal technology, ‘Striking the balance: how legal services regulation can foster responsible technological innovation’. 

It outlines the evidence and learning gathered from the first phase of a project that the LSB started in 2019. It concludes that technology and innovation can widen access to legal services, but the associated risks need to be managed.

LSB chair Dr Helen Phillips writes in the foreword, ‘Emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Automated Decision Making all pose real, or perceived, regulatory, ethical and practical risks.’

Issue: 7929 / Categories: Legal News , Technology , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

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