All articles by Jonathan Goldsmith – Page 20
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Opinion
A UK centre for legal innovation?
The American Bar Association’s final report on the future of legal services raises some questions for us too.
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Turkey – a patchwork response from lawyers
How did the profession respond to the attempted coup internationally? And would a unified position have greater impact?
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Collaborative platforms and Brexit – clarity needed
Brexit has muddied the waters when it comes to responding to guidelines on the sharing economy.
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Undermining the UK legal system?
Germany, France and others will use Brexit to undermine the elite status of our legal system.
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Money laundering developments
I don't want Brexit, but it might allow the UK to escape the failing EU anti-money laundering regime.
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Data protection – good and bad news
In the midst of political upheavals the new EU-US data protection regime has been approved – here’s what it means for lawyers.
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Unregulated online providers: a solution?
A US case offers a possible roadmap for responding to electronic platforms as regulators struggle to find a solution.
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Brexit: the new hooligans
Europe indulged the UK for years following the second world war. But what happens now Britain is walking away from the EU?
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Opinion
Celebrating our judicial system
There is much to celebrate in our judicial system. Just ask judges in Venezuela and Poland.
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‘Prison shopping’ in the EU
Forum shopping should ultimately lead to prison standards improving across the Union.
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Data protection – uncertainty grows
Further developments suggest lawyers will have to get used to uncertainty surrounding the law on EU-US data transfers.
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Opinion
The IBA and lawyers
We should pay more attention to the International Bar Association. Directly and indirectly, its work affects what we do.
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Opinion
TTIP: deal or no deal?
Much is at stake for lawyers in the controversial TTIP talks, which are now floundering.
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Technology disrupting law
Interesting developments in the always-trending world of the impact of hi-tech on the legal profession.
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Opinion
The Unified Patent Court and Brexit
The UK fought hard to have the court placed in its jurisdiction. A Brexit would undo that effort.
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VAT on legal services – a new case
Solicitors may think that this topic does not apply to them, but an upcoming case at the Court of Justice of the European Union affects lawyers directly.
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Brexit – what's not been discussed
The in/out debate has not yet touched on borderless technologies. That’s a big omission.
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Climate change on secrecy
The Panama Papers leak has made the defence of professional confidentiality much more difficult.
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The shrinking role of lawyers in ODR
What do our regulators have to say about the part lawyers will play in online justice?