Demystifying ChatGPT: Practical application, risks and opportunities
Watch our webinar on demand as we focus on how ChatGPT works, its implications, how it’s being used in practice, and what its future may look like. We discussed whether it can draft legal agreements and conduct legal research, whether it can explain AI regulation (in poetry!); and what it says itself about how it can / should be used and its risks.
2023 trends in Competition for tech companies: the EU DMA, UK DMU and other European initiatives
Watch our webinar on demand with partners from our European Competition and Anti-Trust team. We discussed why you should be excited about the opportunities the new regulatory environment presents to the tech sector, as well as some emerging legal obstacles that will need to be navigated along the way.
EU / US Data Transfers – Update
In this webinar, jointly hosted with US law firm Wiley, we focus on the detail of the recently finalised and published Executive Order to Implement the European Union-US Data Privacy Framework. Alex Brown (Simmons), Jacqueline (Lyn) Brown (Wiley) and Joan Stewart (Wiley) look at the detail of that arrangement and what it means for transfers of personal data from the EU and the UK to the US. We also cover the impact of the new arrangements on US authority powers to access data and conduct surveillance.
AI Explainability Statements: what are they and why they're important?
Simmons & Simmons, Best Practice AI and Jacob Turner of Fountain Court Chambers recently advised Healthily on the world’s first AI Explainability Statement to receive input from a data regulator, the ICO. In this webinar we are joined by the ICO to discuss the importance of AI explainability and the process of producing an AI Explainability Statement.
US privacy regulation: new state laws complicate compliance efforts
In this webinar, jointly hosted with US law firm Wiley, Alex Brown (Simmons), Duane Pozza (Wiley) and Joan Stewart (Wiley) give an overview of the US states that have enacted comprehensive privacy legislation and offer practical guidance on how to build a compliance program that can accommodate a multi-state approach.
Implementing AI governance: an international perspective
In this session, jointly hosted with US law firm Wiley, Minesh Tanna (Simmons), Jantine Broek (Simmons Wavelength), Duane C. Pozza (Wiley) and Kathleen E. Scott (Wiley) give an overview of legal and regulatory trends across borders, and discuss practical steps that companies can take to manage risk while taking advantage of the benefits of AI technology.
Gaming and esports: trends, opportunities and challenges
In this session Elia Kim, James Cherry and Frances Gourdie are joined by Matthew Kanterman from Bloomberg Intelligence to discuss current trends and opportunities in the world of gaming and eSports, as well legal developments and regulation impacting the sector.
Holding data hostage - legal risk in a ransomware attack
In this session Robert Allen, Felix Zimmermann, Sarah Bailey and Sascha Kuhn discuss the legal issues organisations should consider when defending against and dealing with ransomware cyberattacks.
EU draft AI Regulation: key points and practical suggestions
In this session Minesh Tanna, Christopher Götz and Lawrence Brown are joined by data scientists Nicholas Bailey and Daisy Mak from Simmons Wavelength to discuss some of the key issues of the EU draft AI Regulation and provide practical suggestions as to what organisations should be doing now to prepare for this regulation.
High impact themes for the TMT sector in Africa
In this session our panel discuss high impact themes for the TMT sector in Africa. Raza Rizvi (Simmons), Frances Gourdie (Simmons), John Davies (Bloomberg), Mark Firth (OLX), Conor Plant (Hardiman Telecommunications) and Madhavi Ramachandran (MTN) share thoughts from a pan-African perspective on TMT growth, network infrastructure, regulation and ESG.
Trade relations between China and the US and Europe
In this session Simmons and Wiley’s TMT and international trade experts Jingyuan Shi (Simmons), Satyen Dhana (Simmons), David Gross (Wiley) and Alan Price (Wiley) discuss trade relations between the US and China under the Biden administration and what changes we can anticipate over the next couple of years.
Our speakers also cover the Biden administration’s approach to big tech and the current state of trade relations between China and Europe and any implications of Brexit and COVID-19.
Artificial intelligence: new tech, new legal risks
In this session Minesh Tanna, Sophia Adams Bhatti, Audrey Williams and Christopher Götz discuss current AI trends and the emerging legal issues associated with the use of artificial intelligence.
The Digital Agenda in the UK and Europe
In this session Satyen Dhana and Mathieu Vancaillie discuss the recently proposed UK and EU initiatives regarding the regulation of the market aspects of certain digital platforms.
ESG for TMT clients
In this session Chris Owen, Lucian Firth, Cathryn Bean and Andy Hartwill share their views and experience on some of the key ESG issues for clients in the TMT sector.
Enforcing contractual obligations in a post-COVID-19 world
In this session Jayne Bentham, Minesh Tanna and Eleanore Di Claudio look at English law contractual obligations in a post-COVID-19 world, including what to do when negotiating contracts and how to enforce obligations.
Transatlantic law enforcement: the US-UK data access agreement
In this session Simmons and Wiley’s law enforcement and data protection specialists Alexander Brown (Simmons), Camilla de Silva (Simmons), Megan L. Brown (Wiley) and Matthew J. Gardner (Wiley) give a rundown of the potential implications of the US-UK Data Access Agreement and share some particular insights gained from extensive experience working on cross border investigations from both sides of the fence – for and against law enforcement.
Patent litigation: standard essential patents and FRAND
In this session patent litigation partners Michael Burdon, Thomas Gniadek, Oscar Lamme, Peter Meyer and Priya Nagpal discuss the latest developments in SEP litigation and FRAND in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.
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