SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd: Report and Analysis
David Cran and Louise Williams consider this major CJEU judgment and its implications…
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David Cran and Louise Williams consider this major CJEU judgment and its implications…
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The EU Commission has launched a consultation on rules for wirelessly connected devices – the ‘Internet of Things’…
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The Article 29 Working Party has adopted Opinions on the data protection reform proposals and on facial recognition….
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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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The High Court has given answers to some of the questions concerning liability for online defamation arising from alleged libel in comments attached to a post on Google’s Blogger.com. Was Google a publisher? Was it protected by the Defamation Act and/or the E-commerce Directive? Laurence Eastham summarises key points from the judgment….
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In light of recent guidance for law firms from the Law Society, Laura Scaife looks at the need for a policy on social media…
Kieron O’Hara examines the right to be forgotten – what it means and whether the technology is available to implement the right. This is the first in a series of articles arising from the SCL’s 6th Annual Policy Forum held in September 2011….
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Alexander Carter-Silk, Edward Rippey and Kim Lars Mehrbrey were speakers at an SCL Conference session entitled ‘Litigation: the Cancer of disclosure’. This article attempts to reflect their exchange of views…
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What are the implications of the Opinion of the Advocate General in SAS v WPL? Paul Barton and Emily Parris offer an account of the Advocate General’s reasoning and considered comment on it….
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Social media can create evidence too. Tracey Stretton warns of the dangers and reviews some of the cases which show its increasing importance….
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