In this video, Charles Kerrigan, Partner in Olswang's finance group, looks at the recent high street insolvencies and how these affect banks in their dual capacity as loan providers to high street retailers and their landlords.
With targeted cyber attacks increasing in their scale and frequency, regulators imposing significant fines on private companies for data protection breaches and the forthcoming overhaul of the data protection regime, there has never been a more important time to get information and cyber security onto the Board agenda.
Machine to machine communications (M2M), 'the Internet of things' otherwise referred to as 'connected living' is a concept that refers to what is considered to be a new stage in the evolution of telecommunications and the Internet.
The IoT holds the promise of significant progress in addressing global and societal challenges and in improving daily life, but it also introduces a great challenge in assessing the right trade-off between the potential economic and societal benefits and the control that we want to retain over an environment where machines will gather, exchange, processes and store information automatically.
In November 2011, the Government launched a Cyber Security Strategy for 'protecting and promoting the UK in a digital world'. As well as a strong emphasis on law enforcement in relation to cyber crime, the Government is currently working with the private sector with the aim of protecting UK businesses and the UK economy in cyberspace.
The Singapore Government has once again confirmed that it is considering new measures to restrict online gambling. In a speech on 10 May a Government spokesperson confirmed that it is monitoring the regulatory approaches taken in other jurisdictions with a view to imposing new measures. It has also put a timeframe on the review process - confirming that it should be complete by the end of the year.
Following the publication of the Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee's Report, yesterday's Queen's Speech included the Gambling (Licensing & Advertising) Bill as one of the pieces of legislation which is intended to be dealt with in the new Parliamentary session.
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Protecting your information assets: .@Olswang hosts masterclass on 23 May http://t.co/aZyn9rPHeQ Contact @louiselambert to attend
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