A High Court judgment in a software licensing dispute underlines the dangers lurking from pre-contract sale representations. Richard Osborne reports on the case and suggests a strategy for minimising the dangers….
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The Supreme Court has given judgment in a case concerning the collection and retention by the police of electronic data about individuals and the balancing human rights concerns….
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This is a version of Marion Oswald’s speech at the launch of the Centre for Law & Information Policy at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on 24 February 2015…
Questions arising from the SCL Data Protection Update Seminar held on 28 January 2015. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC295 – CPD: 2 hours…
Simon Hill offers an in-house perspective on common pitfalls and drafting flaws in the areas where TUPE bites…
Anya Proops reports on a case in the High Court in Northern Ireland where judgment was given against Facebook in a privacy/data protection case…
There is lots of new legislation affecting IT lawyers as IT law penetrates every corner of life. It is not easy to keep track. Here are some of the items that have come to my attention recently (somewhat slanted to criminal practice because of work focused on that area), with the odd moan about them thrown in….
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a monetary penalty notice in respect of the IT security failings of an insurance firm that led to hacked payment card details being used for fraud…
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Alexander de Gaye reports on SCL’s Annual Data Protection Update, an event held at Fieldfisher on Wednesday 28 January 2015….
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Robert Clark, Pearse Ryan and Niall Donnelly look at the latest position on trade secrets. This is an updated and fuller version of an article posted earlier….
Read More… from EU Trade Secrets Directive – Be Aware, Be Very Aware