All Euro blog articles – Page 5
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OpinionWe will remain a people business
The ‘made-by-humans’ label will continue to be popular and necessary in the law, whatever artificial intelligence achieves.
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OpinionBrexit: Summoning the collective will
In civil and criminal justice, there are clear benefits to maintaining close cooperation with the EU.
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OpinionWhistleblowing and lawyers
A European Commission consultation on whistleblower protection raises important questions of legal professional privilege.
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OpinionLawyers and the assault on truth
The part played by lawyers in long-trusted methods of arriving at the truth needs to be publicly reinforced in a convention.
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OpinionA legal lacuna in hard Brexit
Even ‘Pitchfork’ Theresa wants more cooperation with the EU on criminal justice – and Brussels is busy.
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OpinionEuropean bar news update
Jurisdictions attending the annual meeting of European bar presidents report on developments from money laundering sanctions to the refugee crisis.
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OpinionTrump and lawyers
The rule of law is being shaken like rarely before in the US – how will the American Bar Association respond?
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Opinion‘Online lawyers’ post-Brexit
The march of technology is enabling cross-border electronic legal transactions to become commonplace. We must ensure our systems are up to standard.
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OpinionBrexit: how not to take back control of our laws
Will dispute resolution mechanisms post-Brexit be the angels of sovereignty and mercy that the government depicts?
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OpinionBlockchain: the next big thing to hit lawyers?
Law Society report on legal tech is fascinating – and it’s also worth keeping abreast of US innovations.
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OpinionJustice cooperation and Brexit
It is good to see cooperation in criminal justice on the prime minister's Brexit agenda, but it is in our interests that this includes civil justice too.
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OpinionEurope and regulating lawyers
Whether we leave the Single Market or not, the direction of travel on lawyer regulation is the same.
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OpinionEU champions rule of law
The European Commission's response to the deterioration of the rule of law in Poland is an attempt to protect us all.
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OpinionBrexit and the European court
If the EU gets its way we will be jumping from the control of one court to another on leaving the union.
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OpinionHate speech – privatising law enforcement
Leading IT companies sidestep potential legal liabilities arising from online hate speech. What should we do about it?
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OpinionBrexit: disengaging on criminal law
Far less cooperation with the EU in criminal matters is likely to be one consequence of Brexit. This is not in our national interest.
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OpinionE-lawyers: a French solution for the future
In France, European Lawyers Day will be met with another move to help the profession and clients cope with ‘Uberisation’.
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OpinionIT and lawyers’ responsibilities
How can you stay ahead of a fast-moving, intimidatingly vast and complicated subject area?
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OpinionTax and lawyers: confidentiality vs transparency
The European Commission regards lawyer-client confidentiality as unimportant: it is incumbent on the profession to defend it.