EU Commission Recommendation on Operational Measures to Tackle Illegal Content Online
The European Commission has published its recommendation on operational measures to tackle illegal content online…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Covert CCTV at Work: is this ever possible?
Gwynneth Tan and Michael Briggs consider decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, which recently held that covert CCTV infringed a worker’s right to a private life. A previous decision of the same court permitted use of covert CCTV. They ask where employers stand…
Editorial – February/March 2018
Laurence Eastham reviews this issue and some of the matters that we will be covering in the future…
Digital Currencies Inquiry
A committee of MPs is to investigate cryptocurrencies and the like…
Draft Data Protection (Charges and Information) Regulations 2018
The draft of this crucial statutory instrument is now available online and aims to have effect from ‘GDPR day’, 25 May…
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The Cyberthreat Landscape Post-GDPR
Natasha Bougourd warns of a new level of danger as the GDPR gives the baddies a new tool to play with…
Global Legal Hackathon in London
The London event of the world’s largest legal hackathon takes place 23-25 February 2018…
Disruptive Technology – 3D Printing and Product Liability
Jane Halkerson reviews the law that protects consumers using 3D printing and wonders whether bespoke regulation is needed…
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What do we want to look like when we’re 50?
The SCL Chair, Mark O’Conor, discusses SCL’s strategic objectives for the next five years and looks forward to the Society’s 50th anniversary…
Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart
In this edited version of her recent paper, Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart: Blockchain-Based Contracts and the Social Workings of Law (which can be linked to below), Karen Levy examines blockchain-based contracts and the social workings of law…
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