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Creative types within advertising agencies occasionally come up with campaign ideas that breach Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rules or stray dangerously close to costly defamation or the infringement of third-party IP rights.

Is it time to junk the junk food personalities?

A not-for-profit charity has become the first of its kind in the United Kingdom to gain an ABS licence and set up a legal practice under the Legal Services Act.

Now that I’ve completed all three years of my Law degree and graduated with a first class, I feel suitably experienced to provide some key advice to students starting their university journey this coming September.

As the academic year draws to a close, you may be considering which optional modules to choose for your next year at university. If you are doing a qualifying law degree, you will have several compulsory modules (namely contract, tort, criminal, land, EU, trusts and some form of public law). As always, my advice here is just based on my personal experiences, and the way that you – or your university – may choose to approach this might be different.

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It is unsurprising that some of the country's strongest agricultural law practices are to be found in rural regions.

AI Act: what are the legislative and political challenges that could arise?

The AI Act (the act) was first proposed by the European Commission in 2021 due to the risk posed by the technology. Although the act hasn’t yet come into force in Europe, it’s likely to do so sometime within the coming months.

How might AI affect the energy transition? 

How might generative AI (eg, ChatGPT) impact the future of the legal industry?

Let’s face it – law school is changing. Sure, the textbooks are still heavy and the case briefs still keep students up at night. But now, there’s a new tool in the mix that’s changing how students study, write and even think about the law – generative AI.

As many of you may already know, AI is making big waves in almost every sector, from healthcare to entertainment. But while AI has the potential to unlock incredible innovations, it’s also raising some serious concerns about copyright law and the future of creators’ rights.

Some 20% of current legal roles are likely to be lost to the progress of automation and artificial intelligence over the next 20 years, the Law Society’s research unit has predicted. 

While I've already discussed how AI is being used by legal professionals and how it may be used in the future, there’s also a rise of individuals using AI imagery to create anything they can conjure. This creates a real legal grey area when it comes to potential ‘evidence’ of a crime, or the creation of nonconsensual indecent images.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been more prevalent in our lives than ever before - self-driving cars, automated clinical diagnosis and credit card application approval all incorporate a significant degree of AI.

What role does AI play in facilitating corporate fraud?