"Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation is forcing big changes at tech’s biggest firms – even if the US isn’t likely to follow suit"  (via theguardian.com)

"Lawyers at smaller firms are often better able to innovate than they think. " (via canadianlawyermag.com)

"Despite significant recent media coverage, questions remain regarding how regulators will treat cryptocurrencies. In light of these questions, it’s critical for business leaders and investors to understand how U.S. regulators are approaching the rapid proliferation of cryptocurrencies." (via lawtechnologytoday.org)

"It’s easy to dread networking events. That’s probably because networking doesn’t come naturally to most people and especially lawyers, considering about 60% are introverts."  (via abovethelaw.com)

"If your robot hurts someone, are you liable? Legally speaking, is a robot like a pet? An employee? Should robots have rights? In a new report, the U.S. Chamber Commerce contemplates not-so-distant questions about robot law."  (via law.com)

"I’ve stumbled upon a few documentaries emphasizing the two things that drive the e-discovery community: justice and technology. So, if you’ve been searching for weekend plans, look no further. Find your favorite spot on the couch, order some takeout, and cozy up with these seven documentaries."  (via relativity.com/blog)

"Google lost a landmark, “right to be forgotten” case at the end of last week, with the High Court in London ruling that it had to delist from its search results articles relating to a businessman’s past crimes. But the ruling does not put Google in a bad light, as such. Rather, it highlights that the company, in recent years, has occupied a weird role in the European Union, as a privatized enforcer of EU privacy law—and that sometimes it makes the wrong call." (via fortune.com)

"The problem, as ever with the tech industry’s teeny-weeny greyscaled legalise, is that the people it refers to as “users” aren’t genuinely consenting to having their information sucked into the cloud for goodness knows what. Because they haven’t been given a clear picture of what agreeing to share their data will really mean." (via techcrunch.com)

"There is no shortage of hot takes regarding the significant impact that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to have on business in the near future. Much less has been written about how, exactly, companies should get started with it. In our research and in our book, we begin by distilling AI down to its very simplest economics, and we offer one approach to taking that first step." (via hbr.org)