SCL Adjudication Procedure: Update and Launch Plans
A new adjudication procedure for the resolution of technology disputes in England & Wales…
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Litigation & DR
The GDPR is not standing still: key developments one year on
The General Data Protection Regulation has been in force for a year. But data protection law doesn’t stand still. One year on, Martin Sloan rounds-up some of the key, ongoing issues….
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Techlaw News Round-up
New Consumer Advocate role announced for telecoms sector The government has announced plans to create a new independent Consumer Advocate with the aims of enhancing consumer protection against unfair practices in the telecommunications sector. Legislation will be introduced to create the role, which will have the power to support consumers. This aims to ensure that they…
Dispute resolution in the era of big data and AI
Charlie Morgan and Rebecca Read give a brief overview of what artificial intelligence (AI) means, assess how process automation and machine learning is having an impact on dispute resolution and what things might look like in future….
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“Uncritical reliance on technology” could lead to wrong decisions in criminal justice warns Law Society
Report by Technology and Law Public Policy Commission published…
First significant GDPR fine imposed by Lithuanian DPA
The State Data Protection Inspectorate in Lithuania has imposed an administrative fine of EUR 61,500 for breaches of the GDPR….
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Cyber-Attacks (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019
Regulations implement a new sanctions regime for cyber-attacks…
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Do social network providers require (further?) regulation? #1
The winner of the inaugural SCL Sir Henry Brooke Student Essay Prize 2019 Winner, Robert Lewis, takes a wide-ranging look at the disparities between the laws regulating social networks and those regulating its users and the traditional media…
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Event Report: Abusive and Offensive Online Communications: the current criminal law and the need for reform
Christopher Ireland reports on the recent lecture by Professor David Ormerod touching on the Law Commission’s work around online harm and abuse…
POFMA: Singapore’s anti-fake news law
Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore Correspondent, reports on the background and passage of Singapore’s controversial fake news law which has extra territorial consequences…