Driving us from Distraction
David Flint ponders on, and worries about, the Internet of Things and self-driving cars…
Intellectual Property
Uber: TfL and the Taxonomy of Taximeters
Neil Brown examines the recent controversy over the taxi app ‘Uber’, and questions whether TfL’s decision in favour of Uber is a beneficial step for innovation….
Copyright: Digitising of Books
In a new judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that a Member State may authorise libraries to digitise, without the consent of the rightholders, books they hold in their collection so as to make them available at electronic reading points. Subject to specified conditions, especially the payment of fair compensation to rightholders, such an authorisation may permit users to print out on paper or store on a USB stick the books digitised by the library….
Defamation and the E-commerce Directive
The Court of Justice has given its ruling in a case concerning the interplay between defamation law and the special status given to providers of information society services under the E-commerce Directive…
Legal and Procedural Aspects of ODR in a Justice System
Darin Thompson continues his series of articles on online dispute resolution. In this second article in his series, he looks both at some conceptual matters affecting the foundation of the approach to ODR solutions and at some highly practical issues that flow from his preferred approach….
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Implementing Online Dispute Resolution in a Public Justice System
In the first of a series of articles, Darin Thompson examines ODR issues at a time when they may become of special relevance in England and Wales…
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ICO Fines MoJ
Repeated security failings lead to £180,000 monetary penalty for Ministry of Justice…
Editorial
SCL Technology Law Futures Forum This issue features six articles which arise from the very successful Technology Law Futures Forum which took place in late June. I am grateful to the speakers who have taken the time to turn their presentations, or aspects of their presentations, into articles for the magazine. I am still hoping…
Google Glass Review
Kuan Hon writes about her impressions of Google Glass after a session with a demo unit…
Data Breaches and Lawyers
The Information Commissioner ‘sounds the alarm’ on data breaches within the legal profession…