British Gambling Regulation: Gambling Software
Stephen Ketteley and Chris Elliott offer an insight into an area of software regulation that few realised was on the cards….
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Lawtech & Lawyers
Up in the Cloud: Tackling e-Disclosure and Multi-jurisdictional Challenges
As more business functions and data migrate to the Cloud, Ching Liu and Ramin Tabatabai look at how organisations can ensure that they avoid the data risks it can create…
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Finding an unAPI Medium
The latest ruling in California on the protection for IP rights in APIs has worrying consequences…
IFCLA Conference in Antwerp
There is still time to register for the IFCLA Conference in Antwerp on 5th and 6th June…
Triumph for the Small Print: Consumer Rights in Virtual Products
Scott Allardyce considers the effects of digital licences on consumer rights, in a world where simple ownership is of fading importance…
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EU Data Protection Authorities Endorse Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Agreement
Joel Harrison reflects on the Article 29 Working Party’s endorsement of Microsoft’s agreement for cloud services, which he sees a very significant development for the cloud computing industry. This is partly because Microsoft is such a major vendor and its terms are of interest to so many, but also because the DPAs have always been very reticent about commenting on individual vendors’ terms and this may signal an important shift in approach…
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Law Society Guidance on Use of the Cloud
The Law Society has published a practice note on the use of cloud computing services in law firms….
Book Review: Cloud Computing Law
Laurence Eastham looks at Cloud Computing Law, edited by Christopher Millard, OUP 2013, 436 pp, £34.95, ISBN978-0-19-967168-7…
Editorial
Tough Questions When writing introductions to articles for this issue, I found that I had to ration my use of the phrase ‘asks tough questions’. Two articles touching on data protection are prime examples. Lillian Pang and Peter Lee made me wonder whether the immense effort that is made to protect data properly reflects the…
Annual Conference Topics
Thoughts, and a call for suggestions, on the topics that SCL members need to see covered in SCL’s October Conference…