Tech on FIRE

Registration
9.45am

Chairs' Welcome
10.15am

Keynote: Digital & Cyber Fraud
10.20am

Don’t Bank on it - Old targets, New Claims How new technology has made banks vulnerable to litigation
10.50am

How do new technologies and processes affect liability of classic targets for recover action? We will consider:

• Claims against banks because the AML systems are not up to scratch.
• The relatively new confirmation of payee system, and potential claims around that.
• Issues in relation to mistaken payments made by an automated system, and how to address the interface between automated systems and human review of alerts generated.
• Cyber-fraud and banks: Whose fault is it anyway? A discussion of claims against/recovery from banks when fraudsters have disappeared.
• New claims.
• Defences available in respect of such claims

Refreshment Break
11.30am

Whose Key is it Anyway? Data theft and rogue employees
12.00pm

• Data theft – discussing claims for breach of confidence and infringement of copyright/database rights
• Electronic keys to the business - discussion of legal nature of domain names, domain name thefts
• Springboard injunctions

Lunch
12.40pm

Ransomware 101
2.00pm

A panel identifying how ransomware works, what the best practice is in response to ransomware and what legal remedies are available.

FIREfighting - Tech & Reputation Management in Fraud Claims
2.40pm

• Defamation
• Malicious falsehood online
• Non-disclosure injunctions

Refreshment Break
3.20pm

Latest Trends in Crypto-Currency Disputes
3.40pm

We are now largely comfortable with the idea of crypto-currencies having the status of ‘property’ as a matter of law. However,

• what is the real consequence of this?
• What other issues need to be addressed and what are the possible answers?

Covering issues such as the law applicable to cryto-currencies and transactions involving them; the applicability of property concepts such as nemo dat; and what sort of relief can you obtain – can you create a fork in the blockchain?

Catching FIRE: Traditional Tools & New Frontiers
4.20pm

Panel discussing the use of how traditional litigation tools/procedure can be adapted to 21st century FIRE tech disputes:

• Practical solutions available to victims of crypto-asset theft from an asset recovery and financing perspective 
• Foglia case
• Admissibility of evidence obtained through hacking 
• Class actions and data claims 
• How civil fraud has evolved with the ages and tech developments 

Chairs' Closing Remarks
5.00pm

Drinks Reception
5.10pm