Diagnosing Dislocation

When deciding how to respond to a threatening new entrant, companies often assume that they are facing a disruption, that is, an innovation that allows upstarts to build a new market from... Read more »

A divided house queers the pitch

The Bar Council of India's proposal to open up legal services has brought to the fore divisions within the profession Read more »

Artificial intelligence will reshape the business model: Vikram Shroff

It's the era of man versus machine. And, we lawyers are equally at risk. Technology was always disruptive - however, the pace at which artificial intelligence (AI) is developing has caught most... Read more »

Expect changes in how large firms organise, work: Sudipta Bhattacharjee

The rise of machines is now a reality in the knowledge-based service sectors, especially those dealing with a "rule-based" ecosystem like legal services. Recent news of an artificial-intelligence (AI) lawyer Chatbot overturning... Read more »

Contract hits impossible hurdle

The law says that a contract to do an act, which turns out to be impossible of performance after the agreement, becomes void and the person who suffers must be compensated. ... Read more »

The Rapid Rise of Mobile Fraud

RSA's Angel Grant on How to Work with Customers to Curb LossesIn just two years' time, RSA analysts have seen a 170 percent rise in incidents of fraud via the mobile channel.... Read more »

The Human Element in Cyber Defense

Arbor's Sam Curry on Re-Thinking How We Approach CybersecurityAs CSO and CTO of Arbor Networks, Sam Curry is in a rare position: He can set security strategy and then go out and... Read more »

Why PCI Security Standard Adoption Is Growing in Europe

Banking Deregulation, New Breach Notification Rules Drive UptakeWhile many banks and merchants in Britain, France and Germany have long complied with the PCI Data Security Standard, deregulation has led organizations in other... Read more »

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Record on Cybersecurity

An analysis of the record of the U.K.'s new prime minister, Theresa May, on cybersecurity and online privacy and a report on efforts to create an antidote to ransomware highlight this edition... Read more »

Taiwan Heist Highlights ATM Weaknesses

Key Vulnerability: Many ATMs Still Run Versions of Windows XPThe theft of $2.2 million from dozens of ATMs in Taiwan, executed using malicious software, defies a years-long effort by banks and software... Read more »