Global Orders and Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc
Dr Paul Lambert summarises an important judgment of the Canadian Supreme Court and comments on its global impact…
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Litigation & DR
Jurisdiction: Advocate General Proposes Extension of Jurisdiction for Internet Defamation Claims
Advocate General Bobek considers that a company alleging that its personality rights have been infringed by the publication of information on the internet can take legal action in the Member State where it has its centre of interests for the entirety of the harm claimed…
Book Review: Data Localization Laws and Policy
Laurence Eastham reviews this close examination of international transfers from W Kuan Hon (Edward Elgar Publishing, 479 pp, £110/£99, ISBN 978 1 78643 196 7; also available as an ebook)….
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Child Protection and Esports
Richard Bush highlights an issue that few involved in esports organisation will have considered….
Royal Free and the Road to Hell
Sometimes a punishment is necessary – even when it’s pointless. Laurence Eastham joins the despair over the ICO’s approach on enforcement in light of the Royal Free/DeepMind ‘failure to comply’…
Privacy, Data Protection and Copyright in Mc Fadden
This essay from Daniel Zwi was one of two highly commended entries for the SCL Essay Prize 2017…
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Mc Fadden and the Costs of Protecting IP Rights
This essay from Ella Castle was one of two highly commended entries for the SCL Essay Prize 2017…
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Great Unsolved Data Protection Challenges of Our Time (at least for now)
Phil Lee reveals his top 5 gripes and lets off some steam as he identifies some of the issues that create GDPR-related stress for DP experts…
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Book Review: Tomorrow’s Lawyers
The second edition of Tomorrow’s Lawyers, updated from its original 2013 publication, ought to be re-titled ‘I told you so’. Professor Susskind has been writing on the future of the legal profession for the past two decades, gaining the title of legal futurologist along the way. 2015’s ‘The Future of the Professions’ forecast a future…
Autonomous Vehicles: An Ethical and Legal Approach
This is the essay from Lottie Michael which won the SCL Essay Prize for 2017…
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