Call for Increased Awareness on Cyber Risks
The UK’s top companies are not considering cyber risks in their decision-making, according to a new BIS survey…
Litigation & DR
E-disclosure Headaches: Case Study in Pain Relief
Damian Murphy offers a case study, based on real experiences, which demonstrates how e-disclosure problems might be solved by judicious use of referrals to those with relevant expertise. But the process he follows, and the insights into the ‘e-disclosure battlefield’ that he offers, will be of interest to many engaged in this area, and especially to the many fearing future engagement in it….
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SCL Meeting Report: ‘Online Advertising Masterclass: Display, Data, Search and Social’.
On 6 November 2013, Bristows LLP hosted the latest session organised by the SCL Media Group which proved extremely popular. The session covered various aspects of online advertising and was chaired by Paul Jordan, head of the advertising team at Bristows. Sacha Wilson, an associate at Bristows, reports on the session….
Google go down in Paris: How did it come to this?
Dominic Crossley gives his view of the recent judgment of the Tribunal de Grande Instance on a claim brought by Max Mosley against Google, relating to certain images available on a Google Images search…
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Data Protection Monetary Penalties: Absolutely Criminal?
In the space of little more than eight weeks, the Information Rights Tribunal has recently quashed two ‘Civil Monetary Penalties’ totalling £550,000. Paul Motion and Laura Irvine consider the decisions and argue that such Monetary Penalties are properly categorised as criminal, with significant consequences for both the Information Commissioner and a data controller under investigation for a data protection breach. See also the authors’ article ‘Cake or Death?’…
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Drones: Not Just about Data
Alan McKenna looks at the wider potential legal impact of proliferating drone use…
Book Review: A Copyright Masquerade
Laurence Eastham reviews the latest publication from Dr Monica Horten…
Samsung Patent ‘Truce’: EU Commission Consults
The EU Commission is looking for views on the commitments offered by Samsung Electronics regarding use of SEPs…
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Remember Cookies? Article 29 Working Party Issues New Guidance
The Article 29 Working Party have agreed and published new guidance on consent to cookies. Catch up on its other latest activities too….
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E-disclosure: New Guide, Protocol and Explanatory Seminar
TeCSA have produced a Guide and a draft Protocol on e-disclosure, with substantial contributions from SCL and TECBAR. It is hosting a seminar on 1 November to introduce it and give practical guidance on e-disclosure for lawyers grappling with it….
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