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Navigating the regulatory landscape is a key challenge for the FinTech industry. The innovative nature of FinTech makes it difficult for businesses to determine what kind of license or approval is needed from the appropriate authorities and whether the new product/service falls within the existing regulatory regimes. This challenge is further exacerbated by FinTech companies looking to scale internationally, as …
Technology is as natural (some say important) in our everyday lives as the wind, rain and sunshine. It’s also bringing an acceleration of change into every sectors, revolutionising industries and restructuring the way that whole markets operate. Until recently, law was resolutely resisting change. A conservative space with incumbents happy to retain the status quo, there was no internal drivers …
Uber Loses UK Licence Potentially Spelling An End For The Company In The UK It’s official. Prepare for September 30th. Transport for London, the regulator for transport across the city, has stripped Uber of its licence to operate in London. Why? It was deemed they were not ‘fit and proper’ to hold the license. Uber will not be allowed to …
Crowd Justice: Innovation In Legal Crowdfunding To Bridge The Justice Gap At Linkilaw We Share The View That A Fundamental Cornerstone Of The Law Is That Access To Justice Should Be Available To All. And that’s just what Crowd Justice are doing. About Crowd Justice Headed by Julia Salasky, a former UN lawyer and City firm Linklaters associate, CrowdJustice is the …
Linkilaw Buys LawyerFair: Growing The Legal Marketplace How Linkilaw’s Acquisition of LawyerFair Has Created One of UK’s Biggest Legal Marketplaces – Giving More Startups the Opportunity to Scale Up. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of Linkedin noted that ‘first mover advantage’ is not necessarily dependent on launch, but on ability to scale and grow. This is relevant to business at large, but …
A friend of mine once unwisely bought a used Volkswagen Beetle while we were attending university together. He didn’t have a car and was tired of bumming rides from friends everywhere he went. He haggled the owner down to just a few hundred dollars for the car, which had a fresh coat of paint and a recent oil change to …
What Is The British Bill Of Rights? The rumours have been officially confirmed. Although repeatedly delayed, the UK’s Humans Rights Act will now be replaced by the Bill of Rights, assured the new Justice Secretary Liz Truss in a recent interview for BBC Radio 4. While Truss would not disclose the timeframe for publication of the Bill nor other particularities, …
The Housing and Planning Act, passed in May of 2016, changed many things in the housing market. This post focuses on the changes that were made that will impact landlords, and what landlords can expect moving forward. Note, the Housing and Planning Act only applies within England. When laws change, it can be hard to keep up with the new …
In 2010, David Fincher’s movie “The Social Network”, based on the story behind the creation of Facebook, caused a lot of buzz and interest around the Winklevoss Twins and their infamous lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss accused Zuckerberg of stealing their idea for a social network while the three of them were students at Harvard University. What …
We’ve got the four fascinating stories for you this week covering the startup world. Our first takes a look at why it’s sometimes better for a startup to sell rather than compete with the rest of the market. Our second story takes a look at a story by a coder-turned-entrepreneur and how being a coder helped her succeed in …
