Welcome to the first kempitlaw IT+ Client Alert of 2016.

As this year got underway, we looked at IT Law Trends for 2016, first published on Practical Law in January.

Our Hot Topic for this alert is Data Sovereignty.

We have recorded two Vlogs on this topic, which look at:

• The debate on the limits of data sovereignty
• What the new UK Investigatory Powers Bill will mean for business

We have also produced an in-depth White Paper, which looks at cloud computing and data sovereignty.

Here also is a link to our recent White Paper on Demystifying IT Law. This is aimed at in-house lawyers as an introduction on what tolook out for in lawyering an organisation’s procurement, deployment and governance of IT.

The two White Papers were initially also published on Practical Law recently.

Finally, we would like to thank our clients and contacts for their continuing support as we have grown since launch two years ago. We have been delighted to receive market recognition from numerous awards bodies, most recently again from Finance Monthly as UK ITLaw Firm of the Year (2016).