Facebook: Not Just Between Friends
In the unlikely context of insolvency proceedings, the High Court in Northern Ireland has ruled on a claim to confidentiality in a posting on Facebook…
Litigation & DR
Patent Wars: EU Commission Weighs In
The EU Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Motorola Mobility relating to its potential misuse of mobile phone standard-essential patents…
Stale Cookies Given a Fresh Crunch
Is cookie compliance going to hamper innovation such as personalisation? In a forthcoming SCL meeting, worlds collide and the resulting compound could be gold for IT lawyers….
Cost Management and Budgeting: the Absurdities of Precedent H
Richard Harrison believes that the new costs management process fails to recognise litigation realities and puts far too much faith in Precedent H…
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New Legislation
The Defamation Act 2013 and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 are now published…
Google, Googlies and Goolies
Is Google getting off lightly in its likely settlement with the EU Commission on search?…
Blogs and Leveson
The Department for Culture. Media & Sport has published its proposals ‘to ensure small blogs are exempt from exemplary damages and costs incentives for membership of a press regulator’…
Data in a Crisis – Manage Your Risk
With litigation and internal investigations always at least conceivable, and perhaps just round the corner, Caroline Jan considers ways to manage data risks so as to limit the damage caused by a sudden crisis…
App Games – OFT Investigation
The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is to begin an investigation into free children’s web and app-based games. Includes comment from Jas Purewal and Vanessa Barnett….
Human Enhancement Technologies – Edging towards the Cyborg?
Dr Benjamin Farrand asks: can you be greater than the sum of your parts? He considers just some of the socio-legal problems with Human Enhancement Technologies…
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