Jane Halkerson reviews the law that protects consumers using 3D printing and wonders whether bespoke regulation is needed…
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Lorna Brazell asks a question which will need a definitive answer soon…
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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…
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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Gemma Briance and Geoffrey Sturgess drill down into the obligations imposed by the GDPR, Articles 13 and 14 and advocate a proportionate interpretation of inflexible requirements…
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The Court of Appeal has given judgment on the Home Secretary’s appeal against the High Court judgment ruling that the data retention powers in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014. The extent of the ongoing rights to retain data for ‘security’ and related purposes remain distressingly unclear….
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Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore International Associate Editor, reports on an amended Cybersecurity Bill, just introduced to the Singapore Parliament….
The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €997 million for abuse of a dominant market position…
The First-tier Tribunal has rejected the appeal of Basildon Council against an ICO monetary penalty notice but has reduced the amount payable under it. Laurence Eastham reports the judgment and comments on fines guidance….
Graham Smith warns of threats to freedom of speech from a rush to judgment that ignores any need for due process…
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