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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

20 January 2021
Technology M&A review - Edition 1
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/technology-m-and-a-review-edition-1

A multi-jurisdictional team of Corporate Technology experts from Bird & Bird’s Nordic and Central European offices have contributed to the inaugural ‘Technology M&A Review’ book published by The Law Reviews.

16 December 2020
Technology Transactions in China – Doing Deals in a Complex Legal Environment
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/china/technology-transactions-in-china-doing-deals-in-a-complex-legal-environment

China’s regulation of technology transfer has been one of the central points of tension during the US-China trade negotiations, and has now mushroomed into a geopolitical issue. We take a look at the background to it ...

14 June 2019
The Gmail Judgment of the Court of Justice: Some questions answered, new questions raised
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/the-gmail-judgment-of-the-court-of-justice

On June 13, 2019, the Court of Justice (CJ) announced its judgment in the Gmail case . The judgment provides the CJ’s view on a question that has been subject of a dispute with the German national regulator which ...

23 December 2019
Tech & Comms 2020 Predictions
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/tech-and-comms-2020-predictions

For a third consecutive year we have asked our technology & communications specialists from around the world to identify the challenges and opportunities they expect the sector to face in 2020.

21 September 2020
Brexit Checklist for Technology & Communications Businesses
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/brexit-checklist-for-technology-and-communications-businesses

The UK left the EU on January 31st 2020. As a result of the transition period in the Withdrawal Agreement, EU law will continue to apply in and in relation to the UK until the end of the transition period - scheduled to ...

29 April 2020
Rethinking Business In The Age of Artificial Intelligence
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/rethinking-business-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence

There isn’t a single industry, organisation or value chain that is immune to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. We are accelerating towards Industry 4.0 mindsets and structures. Artificial ...