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Working location, flexible working and what you need to consider as an employer…

30 May 2023

Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, whilst recently speaking at the British Chambers of Commerce’s Global Annual Conference 2023, commented that the "default" location for workers should be in the office unless there is a “good reason to work from home”.

Working from home | Hill Dickinson
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Cyber security in the NHS

09 May 2023

The impact of a cyber attack (which can take may forms, including phishing emails, malware and ransomware) can be far-reaching, resulting in financial loss, reputational damage, loss of data, and outa

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Webinar: Cyber security

28 April 2023

Reliance on digital infrastructure is creating increasing cyber security risks for all organisations. Traditionally organisations have been reactive to the management of cybersecurity risk, adopting a stance of ‘that won’t happen to me’ and ignoring the risk or relying on cyber insurance.  However...

Cyber security webinar | Hill Dickinson

Life Sciences and the Law - April 2023

27 April 2023

Welcome to our Life Sciences and the Law newsletter

We hope that you find the spring edition of our life sciences newsletter informative and insightful...

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Cybersecurity: a compliance issue for boards

18 April 2023

As we have noted in previous articles, governments worldwide are increasingly taking a regulatory approach to cybersecurity risk management where the onus is placed on the management of cyber risk by businesses and their boards...

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Regulating cyber security risk in medical devices

15 March 2023

Reliance on digital infrastructure is creating increasing cyber risks for all organisations, and for those operating in the healthcare sector this includes the risk inherent in medical devices which rely on software. The US recently passed a law requiring medical devices to meet cyber security standards for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorisation, and the EU and UK are moving in the same direction...

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Implementing a high common level of cybersecurity across the EU

08 February 2023

This article is co-written with Andy Watkin-Child, founding Partner of Parava Security Solutions, a consultancy specialising in helping leaders manage cybersecurity risks...

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Bitcoin in the news again… constructive developments, this time

03 February 2023

It may seem that issues with Bitcoin are never out of the press but in a recent High Court decision (Jones -v- Persons Unknown [2022] EWHC 2543 (Comm))...

Bitcoin | Hill Dickinson
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Cybersecurity is complex, costly and difficult to manage - and now also a regulated risk

25 January 2023

Our reliance upon on-demand data and our dependence on digital infrastructure, products and services has created a twofold digital risk: first for the public and private sectors themselves, and second

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Electronic patient record solutions – Top tips and procurement pitfalls

25 July 2022

Recently, there has been a significant increase in the adoption of new and renewed electronic patient record (EPR) solutions. This pattern is likely the result not only of existing contracts reaching their end of term and coming up for renewal, but also of two key themes that are dominant within the healthcare sector at the moment:

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Hill Dickinson advises SysGroup on Scottish cyber security firm acquisition

21 April 2022

Liverpool-headquartered SysGroup has expanded its UK footprint into Scotland with the acquisition of Edinburgh-based Truststream Security Solutions for £4.8 million.

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Fraud recovery: No Consent Regime ruled unlawful – any other remedies?

11 February 2022

In a very recent and important decision in Tam Sze Leung and Others -v- Commissioner of Police (25/01/2022, HCAL191/2021) [2022] HKCFI 309, the Court of First Instance found that the longstanding practice of the Hong Kong Police Force (the HKPF) informally freezing suspected bank accounts by issuing no consent letters (LNCs) to banks and financial institutions in the context of sections 25(1) and 25A of the Organised and Serious Crime Ordinance (OSCO) was unconstitutional.