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OFLS Hosts a Panel Discussion on Crypto and Financial Services

Panelists: Caitlin Long, Founder and CEO of Custodia Bank Daniel Awrey, Professor of Law, Cornell University

OFLS launches Digital Academy of Legal Tech for the Ministry of Justice of Georgia

On 27th March 2024, the Ministry of Justice of Georgia held an inauguration ceremony for the “Digital Academy of Legal Tech”. The academy is funded by the Ministry of Justice...

Challenges Automating the Law: AI in the Legal Sector

I. Introduction Many lawyers debate whether technology should augment or outright replace humans in legal tasks. The difficulty with answering that question is that it is not clear what criteria...

Complex, but Clean: How Financial Technologies Should Be Developed to Promote Ethical Artificial Intelligence Systems

Dystopic scenarios where human jobs are performed by intelligent machines are not a novelty – they have been around since the 1920s, when Karel Čapek introduced the topic in his...

William Lovell, Head of Future Technology at the Bank of England (Event Report)

On Wednesday 24th of November, the OFLS hosted an interview and Q&A session with William Lovell, the Head of Future Technology at the Bank of England. Mr Lovell provided to...

The European Commission’s Investigation Against Apple for Allegedly Distorting Competition in the Music Streaming Market

On 16 June 2020, the European Commission, as the European market competition authority, commenced an in-depth investigation into Apple’s App Store, focusing on the contractual conditions imposed on music streaming...

Who Pays When a Robot Errs?

I. Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) systems have been embedded into our lives in the form of smart home products, e-payment systems, and more. However, our interaction with AI systems pose...

The ‘Digital Revolution' and Democracy: The European Democracy Action Plan

In December 2020, the European Commission presented its European Democracy Action Plan aimed at fortifying national and European democracy across the European Union in the face of what the plan...

AI in Law: Presentation with Luminance

OFLS recently held the final workshop event of its Legaltech 101 Series which provided practical insights into the growing role played by artificial intelligence (AI) in law. The event, held...

Innovating Payment Services: Checkout.com speak to OFLS about their impact on the payments industry

Checkout.com is one of the fastest growing fintechs in the world. Founded by Guillaume Pousaz in 2012, the organisation has grown to be the fourth largest fintech globally with a...