Not all people communicate in English. Julian Uebergang looks at the problems which are set by the use of different languages in documents subject to disclosure….
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reinforced the OSS Artistic Licence in a ruling with important implications for all OSS licences…
Catherine Stromdale considers the threat from Ryanair to cancel scraped flights. How can the way a contract comes into being affect its enforceability? Who will be left to deal with the losses arising?…
The Home Office has published a consultation paper calling for views on draft Electronic Communications Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2008…
Simon Croall QC and Yash Kulkarni give an account of a crucial House of Lords judgment. They reflect on the ways in which this latest development in remoteness of damage will have clear impact on contractual disputes of all kinds, especially IT disputes….
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John McKeown reports on a recent decision of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center involving domain names and Carphone Warehouse. 1…
The House of Commons Committee on Culture, Media and Sport has published its latest report. It includes firm views on user-generated content and ISP liability, social networking and privacy, ministerial responsibilities and games classification….
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A number of recent libel and privacy decisions have highlighted the dangers of an unregulated Internet. Ashley Hurst highlights some of those dangers and suggests an approach which would reduce them….
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Dr Fernando Barrio considers the problems which will be posed for the law by the development of autonomous robots and, by way of an example, looks more closely at how they may be treated under the law on sexual offences….
A decision in the European Court of Human Rights may have profound implications for data protection systems within State control….