In the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic we are still seeing an unprecedented closure of personal and commercial activities, causing unparalleled vagaries in global economic conditions. Is there light at the end of the tunnel? Perhaps, if we believe the UK government. A non-statutory guidance note it published in May regarding “Responsible Contractual Behavior […]Read More
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Commercial lease agreements have not been spared the knock-on effects of the pandemic. Since the lockdown began, one of the most important issues was to understand how to regulate commercial lease agreements and how to rebalance the tenant-landlord relationship during the epidemiological emergency. It seems intuitive that many tenants (traders or retailers) who entered into a […]Read More
The pandemic will leave us with a new perception of the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for decision making. All over the world people are acknowledging that this technology has been used on a daily basis without their knowledge. But they are also recognising that its implementation has become a necessity to the public […]Read More
Following International Women’s Day 2020, the French National Bar Council (CNB) gathered fifteen women lawyers, engineers, professors, researchers, programmers and entrepreneurs to seek solutions to gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms. Although the first ever programmer was a woman, today machines and algorithms are designed mainly by men. In 2020, only 17 percent of workers […]Read More
Special immigration policies impact foreign nationals working in the People’s
What you need to know about China's migration and visa measures during the pandemic.Read More
Under Chinese contract law the parties can conclude contracts in written, oral and other forms. But which specific rules apply for digital signatures? Read More