SCL Meeting Report: The Tale of the Twitter Joke Trial
Paul Bernal reports on the latest SCL London Group Meeting, held at Preiskel & Co LLP on 13 February…
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Tamiz v Google: Court of Appeal Judgment on Defamation Claim
The Court of Appeal judgment has given judgment in respect of the claim by Mr Tamiz that he was defamed on a blog hosted by Google and that Google was liable for damages. In supporting the ruling of Eady J and rejecting Tamiz’s appeal, the Court of Appeal nevertheless opens a window for claims that Google might well have liability in some cases….
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Dubai: DIFC Data Protection Law
Fiona Tyas draws attention to new legislation which may affect those dealing with Dubai…
Free Speech: A Bit of a Nuisance
Are our concerns about free speech in social media etc overlooking an elephant in a Parliamentary Committee’s room?…
Computer Program Functionality and Copyright: SAS v WPL
David Cran and Louise Williams pick the bones from January’s, probably final, judgment in SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd…
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Database Rights: Court of Appeal Judgment
The latest in the saga that is Football Dataco Ltd v Stan James and Sportradar is last week’s Court of Appeal judgment. It was a further win for Football Dataco and included some interesting comments on joint tortfeasors….
Adwords, and Google Search: Australian High Court Decision
The Australian High Court has found in favour of Google in a dispute over sponsored links in search results…
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Competition Law Issues in Cloud Computing
Tim Cowen looks at the cloud and the pitfalls associated with it. He reviews the competition issues and highlights the importance of the correct contractual provisions in cloud computing contracts…
Information Law and the Limitations of Consent
I’ve been thinking recently about the limits of data protection recently with all the debate going on about the new Directive. I have some frustration with the debate, particularly over the validity of the consents that are given by data subjects….
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