Pearse Ryan, Paddy Buckenham and Niall Donnelly give a full account of the proposals for the pending ‘Cybersecurity Directive’ and the latest developments affecting it, and wonder whether it is possible to legislate for cybersecurity….
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Susan Barty, Tom Reid and Tom Scourfield give a detailed account of the ruling in Cartier International AG & Ors v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd & Ors and comment on its potential impact…
Data Protection: The Times They are a Changing, Slowly As I write this, the identity of the new EU Commissioners with responsibility for IT-related matters remains uncertain. But it is pretty clear that Anders Ansip will be the lead for the Digital Market and it has also been made abundantly clear that one priority for…
For many years the magazine reported on SCL events but these are now found only online. But we worry that many members are missing out on memorable and useful training opportunities. So here are two reports on events from September. Annie Clarke reports on the SCL Big Data Masterclass, Big Data & Digital: competition, consumer protection and other challengesand James Henderson reports on the sixth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, Cloud Computing….
Laurence Eastham reports on some judgments published in September arising from a few leading cases from the Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights that may have an impact on IT law practice…
Simon Deane-Johns reviews the revised proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market…
Mr Justice Arnold has acceded to the request of various high-value trade mark holders and granted the first orders blocking web sites that sell counterfeit goods….
Susannah Sheppard outlines the recent decision to approve the WhatsApp acquisition and wonders if the Commission’s traditional approach will be adequate in a data rich world where companies compete in new ways and data competition really matters…
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Proposals to create the new offence of ‘disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress’ have now been published…
It’s been a frenetic week for the SCL, with the Annual Conference still very fresh in our minds. It was a great event to attend and we are grateful not just to the excellent speakers and the SCL staff who made the event go so well but particularly to all those who attended. There was…