In light of the spate of recent prosecutions, and the DPP’s consultation exercise, Lilian Edwards looks at s 127 and what might be done about it…
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Kuan Hon and Christopher Millard particularise the many faces of cloud computing and warn of the dangers of pretending that each matches old outsourcing profiles when determining how to regulate….
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Follow these sound tips from David Blunt QC and Terence Bergin to keep costs under control, and keep clients happy (or as happy as litigating clients can be)….
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The DPP’s recent call for input on the setting of guidelines for social media prosecutions overlooks a need for better drafted laws…
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The European Data Protection Supervisor has published his formal comments on DG MARKT’s public consultation on procedures for notifying and acting on illegal content hosted by online intermediaries…
Read More… from EDPS Comments on Online Illegal Content Procedure Proposals
Iain Rutherford and Martin Sloan explain the contractual remedies available in Scotland, for the particular benefit of English IT lawyers. They also think that there are grounds for considering Scots law when determining choice of law….
Read More… from Kilted Contractual Remedies – Compelling Performance
Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has issued a statement on social media prosecutions and announced his intention to suggest guidelines for prosecutors….
The European Data Protection Supervisor has adopted an Opinion on the latest amendments concerning EURODAC access. His press release on the topic is headed ‘erosion of fundamental rights creeps along’…
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Neelie Kroes may call for copyright reform for the EU in the digital age but can she, or anyone else, deliver?…
Simon Weinberg and Paul Gershlick offer a cautionary tale for project managers arising from the judgment in Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey Trust v Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited in the TCC…