Best legal reads of the week - January 24-30

What are the top reads of the week around the web written by Osborne Clarke people? Which posts have been shared the most via social?

Here are the must read posts of the week..

[Video] Smart cities in Europe: enabling innovation

On the 27th of January the former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and MP Dan Byles led a high-powered Smart Cities debate Osborne Clarke’s London office. 

Round-up of thoughts from the panel at our smart cities in Europe: enabling innovation event

Further to our smart cities in Europe: enabling innovation event facilitated by Ken Livingstone on the 27th January, here’s a round-up of some of the key messages from our panel of experienced stakeholders in smart cities development. 

Andrew Saul quoted in the Telegraph in the article – ‘Harness mobile for the sharing economy’

Digital technology is firing entrepreneurs’ imaginations to create innovative online businesses that challenge the established order, read the article here.

FCA fines Reckitt Benckiser £539,800 for listing and disclosure rule failures – consequences for listed companies

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has fined Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (“RB”) £539,800 for breaches of the Listing Rules (“LRs”) and Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules (“DTRs”). The breaches contributed to late and incomplete disclosure to the market of dealings by two of its persons discharging managerial responsibility (“PDMRs”) under DTR 3. 

Article in the Guardian: Driverless cars: applying existing laws to innovative technologies won’t work

The case may have been made for the environmental and social benefits of driverless cars, but 39% of people still refuse to step into one. Adapting the law could help consumers make the leap, read the article here.

LinkedIn: Smart cities: what did the Victorians ever do for us?

Mike Gutsell, Internal Communications Manager at Osborne Clarke, discusses the long and creaking Victorian road ahead, for smart cities. Read the publication here.