1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (326+ words) The main EU financial regulators have urged financial firms to take action to prevent, detect, and manage cyber-security risks posed by what they describe as “the advance capabilities” of newer ‘frontier’ AI models. The three watchdogs said that AI-enabled cyber…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (427+ words) New guidance on the use of generative AI (GenAI) tools in the High Court states that all court users are responsible for the content of their court documents. A practice direction from the President of the High Court Mr Justice…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (185+ words) The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and European Commission are inviting legal practitioners, along with other interested parties, to take part in an event in October on the interplay between competition and data protection. The two bodies are jointly working…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (375+ words) The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) run by the Law Society’s Diploma Centre has won a prestigious legal-education award in the US. The course won the Award of Outstanding Achievement in the public-interest category at the 2026 Association for Continuing Legal…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (277+ words) The European Commission has published guidance aimed at helping businesses to prepare for new EU rules on cyber-resilience. The Cyber Resilience Act, in force since December 2024, sets mandatory cyber-security requirements across the full lifecycle of digital products, with reporting obligations…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (413+ words) Canada’s Law Society Tribunal has suspended a lawyer for six months for presenting case law that was prepared with the help of ChatGPT to a court. The three-member body also found that Mary Hyun-Soon Lee had then misled the court…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (282+ words) EU government have reinstated a temporary regulation that allows online service providers to resume voluntary detection and removal of child sexual-abuse material on their platforms. The previous interim regulation, which involves a derogation from data-protection rules in the electronic-communications sector,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) The Law Society Diploma Centre is now accepting applications for the autumn intake of its two LLM programmes – Advanced Legal Practice and Employment Law in Practice. The one-year courses, delivered in partnership with Leeds Law School at Leeds Beckett University,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (301+ words) The Government has appointed the former head of the Charities Regulator, Helen Martin, as director of the new Office of Criminal Justice International Cooperation. The office is being set up to streamline cross-border co-operation on criminal digital evidence and to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1754+ words) The prospect of AI levelling the playing field for smaller Irish legal practices appears close. The key to 'David' taking on the 'Goliath' law firms of this world will be in integrating AI with daily workflow. Sorcha Corcoran launches her…...