A Brave New World Demands Brave New Thinking
Phil Lee considers the impact that Google Glass and other ‘smart glasses’ may have on privacy issues and calls for new thinking…
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Publishing & social media
EU Directive on Network and Information Security: Consultation
The Department for Business, Information & Skills are leading a government call for evidence in response the draft EU Directive on network and information security…
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Carry on Automat(r)on: Legal and Ethical Issues relating to Healthcare Robots
Catherine Easton gives an overview of some of the legal and ethical issues relating to the use of robotics in healthcare…
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Innocent Face and Mischief
Will Sally Bercow’s costly defeat be enough to make people think twice about mindless tweeting? Would the court’s judgment have been different if the Defamation Act 2013 had applied? Will the allegations really be forgotten?…
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…
Defamation and Injunction: Google and Facebook Must Try Harder
An Irish court has granted an interlocutory injunction against Facebook and Google and required YouTube, Google, Facebook and a number of web sites to permanently remove a video and accompanying material which wrongly identified a man dodging a taxi fare and defamed him with a series of offensive comments…
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SCL Meeting Report: ‘AR Wars’ – Augmented Reality, Technology and the Law
Ashley Avery reports on the ‘hot topic’ seminar on augmented reality held on 24 April at Travers Smith LLP….
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New Legislation
The Defamation Act 2013 and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 are now published…
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….
Software Development: How the Traditional Contract Model Increases the Risk of Failure
Susan Atkinson and Gabrielle Benefield analyse recent research and draw disturbing conclusions about the ‘Contract Model’…