Virgin and the Red-hot POCA
A Court of Appeal judgment gives new impetus to moves to make draconian laws hit IP fraudsters hard…
Litigation & DR
Un-Safe Harbor: Is Safe Harbor an adequate means of protecting EU personal data transferred to the USA?
Kirsten Whitfield and Uchechi Okereke examine the health of the US Safe Harbor…
Injunctions, Limitation of Damages and True Loss
Richard Osborne considers the issues that arose in a fascinating recent High Court case, where one party sought an interim injunction to stop the other from terminating a contract…
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SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law – Module 2: Internet Law
Paul McMahon reports on the second module in the SCL’s ground-breaking Foundations of IT Law Programme, an event which took place at Bird & Bird on 16 January 2014….
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Cloud Computing: Geography or Technology – Virtualisation and Control
Kuan Hon examines the best approach to take when applying data protection rules in a cloud computing context. She argues that the current EU focus on location is inappropriate and that logical control is what counts….
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Is it Something Personal?
Cynthia O’Donoghue reports on a High Court judgment (Kelway) that looked to define the essential tests for determining if data is personal…
Copyright, Organ-grinders and Monkeys
Is the EU Commission’s consultation on copyright the one that really matters?…
Predictions 2014: IT Law
This is a selection of predictions for 2014 from expert IT lawyers. We also asked about surprises and IT law expectations that never were fulfilled. For the full set of predictions, see our online ‘Predictions 2014’ blog….
Predictions 2014: Legal IT and E-disclosure
This is a selection of predictions for 2014 from experts in the connected fields of IT for lawyers, law firm’s use of IT and e-disclosure. We also asked about surprises and tech expectations that never were fulfilled. For the full set of predictions, see our online ‘Predictions 2014’ blog….
E-mails: Documents or Property?
Susan McGhie Sang takes a detailed look at Fairstar v Adkins, and where the Court of Appeal judgment leaves us on e-mails and property rights in them….