Miscellaneous

The European Parliament and the EU member states have reached agreement on the European Commission’s draft Digital Services Act (DSA), which was proposed in December 2020.  The DSA’s scope covers online intermediary services. Their obligations under the DSA depend on their role, size, and impact on the online ecosystem. These online intermediary services include: Intermediary…

Read More… from Political agreement reached on EU Digital Services Act

The Court of Appeal has ruled in Soteria Insurance Ltd (formerly CIS General Insurance Limited) v IBM United Kingdom Ltd. It reversed a first instance decision about a failed technology purchase, deciding wasted expenditure was not covered by exclusion clause….

Read More… from Court of Appeal rules in Soteria v IBM: wasted expenditure & exclusion clauses

Changes to Highway Code to accommodate driverless cars will come into force in autumn 2022…

Read More… from Government responds to consultation about automated vehicles and Highway Code

Ben Kaplinsky warns of the critical cybersecurity threats exposed by the war in Ukraine and calls for enhanced enforcement and expertise to plug the legal black hole….

Read More… from The Escalating Cyber Crisis and the Legal Black Hole

Matthew Thorne and Rebecca Keating tease out the lessons from the recent cryptocurrency case in the High Court…

Read More… from Analysis: Tulip Trading Limited v Bitcoin Association for BSV and others [2022] EWHC 667 (Ch)

Only the wording on the order button counts, not the wider context….

Read More… from CJEU rules on requirements for obligation to pay button

Jacob Haddad summarises the key points from the recent SCL IT Disputes group webinar…

Read More… from Event review: Restraining Contract Termination by Injunction

There is no cancellation right if a consumer purchases from an intermediary if the economic risk linked to the exercise of that right would fall on the organiser….

Read More… from CJEU rules on cancellation rights for online purchase of tickets for cultural or sporting events

A request for de-referencing due to allegedly false information requires a search engine operator to carry out the checks which fall within its capacity….

Read More… from Advocate General opinion on de-referencing

Rightholders must receive fair compensation but not necessarily from cloud providers if it can be provided through other means….

Read More… from CJEU rules that ‘private copying’ exception in the Copyright Directive applies to the storage in the cloud of a copy of a protected work for private purposes