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19 January 2021
Issue: 7917 / Categories: Legal News , Technology , Profession
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Technology failures leaving companies exposed

A survey of 550 general counsel and business leaders by law firm Hogan Lovells, ‘Litigation Landscape: How to prevail when technology fails’, has found businesses frequently leave themselves exposed to potential lawsuits and fines when investing in technology

Potential liabilities include in-built algorithm bias, cyber-attacks, systemic technology failure and weak points in technology partnerships.

Nearly three-quarters of respondents did not involve data privacy specialists from the outset.

Valerie Kenyon, Hogan Lovells partner, said companies should ‘work closely with their legal and privacy teams during the entire lifecycle of a product’.

Issue: 7917 / Categories: Legal News , Technology , Profession
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Fieldfisher—Julian Balson

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TV Edwards—Sarah Inchley, Caroline Andrews & Cheryl Thompson

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The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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