Wasted Costs Order for E-disclosure Failures
Deborah Blaxell looks at a scary High Court judgment affecting e-disclosure…
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Litigation & DR
Reforming the Civil Justice System: SCL Annual Lecture 2012 Report
Richard Harrison reports on the SCL Annual Lecture, given by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Jackson on 26 March. A podcast of the Lecture will be available shortly….
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EU Commission Proposes to Establish a European Cybercrime Centre
On 28 March, the EU Commission proposed that a European Cybercrime Centre be established within Europol to become the Union’s focal point in the fight against cybercrime…
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File-sharing and Norwich Pharmacal: Court Supervision of Letter of Claim
The High Court has made a Norwich Pharmacal order in favour of Golden Eye and Ben Dover Productions in a preliminary move towards volume file-sharing litigation. But Arnold J has applied a number of stringent conditions affecting the further pursuit of the action and has insisted upon a number of amendments to the draft letter of claim….
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Council of Europe’s Internet Governance Strategy
The Council of Europe has adopted an Internet Governance Strategy to protect and promote human rights, the rule of law and democracy online….
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OFT Action on Groupon Breaches
The OFT has accepted undertakings from ‘daily deals’ company MyCityDeal Ltd, which trades as Groupon, to change some of its trading practices following an OFT investigation….
The DSM and the Need for a Digital Magna Carta
Rene Summer suggests that we need an action-plan to embrace digitization of creativity in the digital single market and a statement of inviolable digital liberties…
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Police Pay Penalty
The Information Commissioner has imposed a monetary penalty on Lancashire Police….
New Forensic Readiness Guide
The Information Assurance Advisory Council has published the third edition of its Guide to Forensic Readiness, and this detailed guide is available for free download….
Data Protection Reform: EDPS Opinion and Cloud Legal Team Response
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published his official Opinion on the reform package and the Cloud Legal Project has published its response to the MoJ’s Call for Evidence on the proposals….
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