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## Garth Watson

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29 Jul 2026

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## [AI Agents: The next safety hazard](https://blog.libryo.com/ai-agents-the-next-safety-hazard)

This piece is adapted from a Linkedin article by Garth Watson, Co-Foun...

 By [Garth Watson](https://blog.libryo.com/author/garth-watson)

<https://blog.libryo.com/10-things-you-should-expect-from-a-global-legal-register>

05 Feb 2025

[Legaltech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legaltech) [Regtech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regtech) [Custom legal registers](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/custom-legal-registers) [Regulations, laws and requirements](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regulations-laws-and-requirements)  | 3 min read

## [10 things you should expect from a great global legal register](https://blog.libryo.com/10-things-you-should-expect-from-a-global-legal-register)

What is a legal register?

 By [Garth Watson](https://blog.libryo.com/author/garth-watson)

<https://blog.libryo.com/so-your-auditor-says-you-need-a-legal-register>

25 Nov 2024

[Legal compliance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legal-compliance) [Legaltech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legaltech) [Regtech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regtech) [Custom legal registers](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/custom-legal-registers) [ISO standards](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/iso-standards) [Law as a Service](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/law-as-a-service) [Regulations, laws and requirements](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regulations-laws-and-requirements) [EHS Software](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/ehs-software)  | 7 min read

## [So, Your ISO 14001 Auditor Says You Need a Legal Register?](https://blog.libryo.com/so-your-auditor-says-you-need-a-legal-register)

Your auditor may actually be wrong...

 By [Garth Watson](https://blog.libryo.com/author/garth-watson)

<https://blog.libryo.com/look-back-our-bold-2016-claim-for-the-future-and-where-is-libryo-now>

23 Jul 2024

[Legal compliance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legal-compliance) [Legaltech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legaltech) [Regtech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regtech) [ESG Solutions](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/esg-solutions) [Custom legal registers](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/custom-legal-registers) [Law as a Service](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/law-as-a-service) [Regulations, laws and requirements](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regulations-laws-and-requirements) [Responsible Brands](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/responsible-brands) [EHS Software](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/ehs-software)  | 4 min read

## [Looking Back: Our Bold 2016 Claim for the Future and Where is Libryo Now?](https://blog.libryo.com/look-back-our-bold-2016-claim-for-the-future-and-where-is-libryo-now)

In 2016, we embarked on a bold journey at Libryo, predicting a future ...

 By [Garth Watson](https://blog.libryo.com/author/garth-watson)

<https://blog.libryo.com/do-you-know-the-3-vital-keys-to-legal-compliance>

16 Jul 2024

[Legal compliance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legal-compliance) [Legaltech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legaltech) [Regtech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regtech) [Custom legal registers](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/custom-legal-registers) [ISO standards](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/iso-standards) [Regulations, laws and requirements](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regulations-laws-and-requirements) [EHS Software](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/ehs-software)  | 5 min read

## [Do You Know the 3 Vital Keys to Legal Compliance?](https://blog.libryo.com/do-you-know-the-3-vital-keys-to-legal-compliance)

Have you ever heard promises like "making compliance easy" or "simplif...

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<https://blog.libryo.com/how-the-black-box-of-esg-disclosures-and-ratings-is-being-blown-open>

24 May 2022

[Legal compliance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legal-compliance) [Sustainability governance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/sustainability-governance) [ESG Solutions](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/esg-solutions)  | 10 min read

## [How the black box of ESG disclosures and ratings is being blown open](https://blog.libryo.com/how-the-black-box-of-esg-disclosures-and-ratings-is-being-blown-open)

ESG disclosures now require sharing of confidential compliance data Co...

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<https://blog.libryo.com/a-b-c-d-e-s-g>

14 Oct 2021

[Legal compliance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legal-compliance) [Legaltech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legaltech) [Regtech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regtech) [Libryo news](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/libryo-news) [Sustainability governance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/sustainability-governance) [Law as a Service](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/law-as-a-service)  | 4 min read

## [A B C D E S G](https://blog.libryo.com/a-b-c-d-e-s-g)

In this series, the three co-founders of Libryo (the legal and other r...

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02 Sept 2020

[Sustainability governance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/sustainability-governance) [ESG Solutions](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/esg-solutions) [Responsible Brands](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/responsible-brands)  | 6 min read

## [What is sustainability governance?](https://blog.libryo.com/what-is-sustainability-governance)

In combination, the concepts of sustainability and governance are incr...

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<https://blog.libryo.com/libryo-drastically-expands-its-free-covid-19-regulation-access>

14 Apr 2020

[Legal compliance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legal-compliance) [Legaltech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legaltech) [Regtech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regtech) [Libryo news](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/libryo-news) [COVID-19 regulation updates](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/covid-19-regulation-updates) [Custom legal registers](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/custom-legal-registers) [Regulations, laws and requirements](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regulations-laws-and-requirements)  | 5 min read

## [Libryo drastically expands its free COVID-19 regulation access](https://blog.libryo.com/libryo-drastically-expands-its-free-covid-19-regulation-access)

To help fight the regulatory burden brought about by COVID-19, Libryo ...

 By [Garth Watson](https://blog.libryo.com/author/garth-watson)

<https://blog.libryo.com/libryo-fights-the-regulatory-burden-of-covid-19-with-free-access>

20 Mar 2020

[Legal compliance](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legal-compliance) [Legaltech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legaltech) [Regtech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regtech) [Libryo news](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/libryo-news) [COVID-19 regulation updates](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/covid-19-regulation-updates) [Custom legal registers](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/custom-legal-registers) [Regulations, laws and requirements](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regulations-laws-and-requirements)  | 7 min read

## [Libryo fights the regulatory burden of COVID-19 with free access](https://blog.libryo.com/libryo-fights-the-regulatory-burden-of-covid-19-with-free-access)

For a six-month period from 20 March 2020, Libryo is offering its regu...

 By [Garth Watson](https://blog.libryo.com/author/garth-watson)

<https://blog.libryo.com/how-libryo-is-redesigning-the-global-regulatory-mess>

29 Jun 2018

[Legaltech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legaltech) [Regtech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regtech)  | 1 min read

## [How Libryo is redesigning the global regulatory mess.](https://blog.libryo.com/how-libryo-is-redesigning-the-global-regulatory-mess)

Recently Garth Watson, co-founder& CLO of Libryo, spoke at the fin...

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<https://blog.libryo.com/how-regtech-resolves-the-catch-22-most-lawyers-face>

30 May 2018

[Legaltech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/legaltech) [Regtech](https://blog.libryo.com/topic/regtech)  | 8 min read

## [How RegTech resolves the catch 22 most lawyers face.](https://blog.libryo.com/how-regtech-resolves-the-catch-22-most-lawyers-face)

So, you’re a lawyer? Or maybe you work closely with lawyers? We, at Li...

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<https://blog.libryo.com/author/garth-watson/page/2>

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