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Taking the pulse: what we can learn from the latest FTSE 350 Cyber Health Check The Government’s latest annual cyber health check gives a mixed report of how the UK’s leading companies are prioritising and managing cyber risk.  Cyber does now seem to be a board level issue for most - nearly all of the companies that responded to the ... Talking legal tech in Hong Kong I have just returned from a trip to Hong Kong, working closely with our lawyers and clients to explore ways in which we can continue to deploy legal technology to augment due diligence, regulatory/compliance, equity capital markets and other transactional... Is the law ready for visual communication? ¯\(ツ)/¯ A picture speaks a thousand words, that much is well-known.  What might be slightly harder to discern is exactly which words are being spoken. The use of visuals as a supplement to written communication is nothing new.  While perhaps not something we come... Women, collaboration and innovation At Slaughter and May we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2019 via an exhibition that celebrates the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, and features artwork created by the First 100 Years Project, including one of a limited ... France's tech tax provokes outrage The French finance minister has brought forward legislation to introduce (retrospectively from 1 January) a 3% digital services tax to be levied on digital businesses operating in France.  It will apparently affect around 30 companies, many of which are b... Cyber: the risk of ignorance A report published by the government this week revealed the fact that only 16% of boards of FTSE 350 firms claim to fully understand the impact of loss or disruption associated with cyber threats, despite 96% having a cyber security strategy in place. Whi... Responsible AI Licences A common fear in popular culture representations of AI is the rise of the killer robots. From Skynet to HAL 9000, the nefarious, destructive AI has become a science fiction trope. While the reality may be far less dramatic, it is nonetheless now a real po... Vertical agreements - time for a system upgrade? The Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (often referred to as VBER or VABER) is getting ready for an upgrade.  VBER is the key set of (competition) rules governing agreements between suppliers and distributors across the EU.  The current VBER replaced the... The future of tax returns A friend of mine was until recently the proud owner of one Arsenal share, given to him by his father.  Last summer the Arsenal takeover completed and, although he had never imagined he would sell his share in the club he loved, he consoled himself with th... Innovators wanted! Today we are excited to launch our new legal tech programme, Slaughter and May Collaborate - we are looking for six innovators with legal tech products which could disrupt or redefine legal services. Each cohort member will receive access to a suite of be...