27 September 2019
Accountable AI – can the law reduce bias and increase transparency?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/accountable-ai-can-the-law-reduce-bias-and-increase-transparency

Governments are increasingly making use of AI tools to help with decision making, but they face a key challenge: ensuring fairness and maintaining public trust.

11 February 2020
Global M&A Review with Ciesco
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/global-m-and-a-review-with-ciesco

Bird & Bird was delighted to host Ciesco at its offices in London for its annual Digital, Media, Marketing and Related Technology M&A Review. The event saw an overview of the M&A landscape for the last 12 months, as ...

14 November 2019
When AI systems cause harm: the application of civil and criminal liability
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/when-ai-systems-cause-harm

It’s fairly safe to say that, in the main, those of us who practice commercial law do not have sufficient expertise in computer science to assess whether any given computing system is based on artificial intelligence ...

13 May 2019
Who’s next? Selling off German technologies in the electromobility sector
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/whos-next-selling-off-german-technologies-in-the-electromobility-sector

What do we want the car of the future to look like? This represents a definitive issue where the mobility of our generation is concerned.

12 December 2019
BaFin's market research survey on 'Derivatives with crypto assets' closes on Friday
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/bafins-market-research-survey-on-derivatives-with-crypto-assets-closes-on-friday

As the market volume of crypto currencies has constantly increased over the past years, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has committed to conducting a market research survey on derivatives with ...

13 December 2019
GDPR fine against a telecommunications provider in Germany - here are the key facts
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/dsgvo-bussgeld-gegen-einen-telekommunikationsanbieter

On Tuesday, 9 December 2019, the German Federal Data Protection Commissioner announced in a press release that he had imposed a fine of EUR 9.55 million on the telecommunications service provider 1&1 Telecom GmbH.

13 December 2019
LawTech Delivery Panel issues "watershed" Legal Statement Demystifying Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/uk/lawtech-delivery-panel-issues-watershed-legal-statement-demystifying-cryptoassets-and-smart

Earlier this year, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT), part of the LawTech Delivery Panel, published its Consultation Paper to consider what it described as "the perceived legal uncertainty" relating to cryptoassets ...

19 November 2019
European Technology Summit 2019: A summary
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/european-technology-summit-2019-a-summary

On October 30th and November 1st Feyo Sickinghe and Marjolein Geus hosted the Ntegra, Bird & Bird European Technology summit 2019 in the Netherlands. Feyo Sickinghe and Andy Jefferies, CIO at Ntegra selected start-ups ...

10 February 2020
Bird & Bird retains top ranking in the 2020 Who's Who Legal's analysis of Data
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/global/bird-and-bird-retains-top-ranking-in-the-2020-who's-who-legal's-analysis-of-data

Bird & Bird has retained the top ranking in Who's Who Legal's annual analysis of Data recognising the leading lawyers in the areas of data privacy and protection, data security, information technology and telecoms and ...

19 March 2020
Force majeure, and beyond: Other contractual and related issues on COVID-19
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/force-majeure-and-beyond-other-contractual-and-related-issues-on-covid-19

Much of the recent commentary has focused on whether COVID-19 is a force majeure event which would entitle one party to suspend performance or cancel an existing contract but in this briefing we take a holistic approach ...