EU Consultation on ePrivacy Directive
The EU Commission has launched a public consultation on the evaluation and review of the ePrivacy Directive…
Litigation & DR
The Law relating to Service Credits
Justin Harrington offers a detailed and thorough analysis of the law on service credits, including a considered look at the effect of the Supreme Court decision in Cavendish Square/Beavis…
SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law – Internet Law and Social Media
Katharine Lammiman reports on the latest event in the Foundations of IT Law series (Module 4- Cycle 2), which was held on 17 March 2016 and hosted by Olswang LLP…
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Smart Regulation and the GDPR
In another in our series of articles focusing on the General Data Protection Regulation, Dr Asma Vranaki considers crucial aspects of implementation and what smart regulation of the GDPR might mean….
Abusive Domain Name Registrations: Banks’ High Court Success
Vicky Butterworth looks at a High Court judgment that includes some helpful guidance for brand owners complaining about a domain name…
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Blockchain: Spider or Starfish Effect?
Richard French examines the blockchain technology and discusses some of its legal aspects…
Free WiFi and Copyright Breaches: Advocate General’s Opinion
Advocate General Szpunar has published his Opinion on the issue of whether the operator of a business which offers a free Wi-Fi network is liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network…
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False, Fake and Facebook
Three unrelated developments show the disconnect between reality and the Internet’s version of it…
Cybercrime Legislative Developments in Ireland
Pearse Ryan, Tom Browne and Sarah McDermott consider the impact of a recently introduced Bill and summarise its most noteworthy aspects…
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User-friendly T&Cs: BIS Consultation Underway
The Department for Business Innovation & Skills has published a new consultation ‘seeking views on how terms and conditions (T&Cs) can be made more user-friendly and on proposals to introduce fines for unfair terms’…
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