Cases Update June/July 2018
These are brief reports of a number of cases dealt with on the SCL site over the last two months. In many cases, more detailed reports are available online, where links to full judgments are also available….
Telecoms & the Internet
Revision of Audiovisual Media Services Directive – Video-sharing Platforms
Professor Lorna Woods brings us up to date on the developments concerning the AVMS Directive…
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Smart contracts: can code ever be law?
Hoi Tak Leung, our Associate Editor for Hong Kong and China, takes a fresh look at smart contracts and when or whether they are enforceable….
GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018: How do they impact publishers?
In the second in our series of articles on the impact of data protection in specific areas, Nicola Cain and Rupert Cowper-Coles look at publishing….
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SCL GDPR Jargon Buster
SCL launches an online resource translating essential GDPR concepts into plain English…
AI: Changing Rules for a Changed World
Terence Bergin QC and Quentin Tannock use the rise and expected further development of FinTech to explore some of the legal issues that might arise from AI…
AI: Making the UK Ready Willing and Able
Lord Tim Clement-Jones writes about the important report from the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence which he chaired and the recommendations its Report put forward…
Is Data the New DNA?
David Chaplin reports on the doubts surrounding evidential data and criminal law voiced at the recent SCL event, “When the internet of things goes to court”…
Human Rights Judgment on Accessing IP Address Information
According to the European Court of Human Rights, police accessing subscriber information associated with a dynamic IP address breached a suspect’s human rights by failing to obtain a court order prior to access…
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Talking Tech Law
SCL has been asking key figures from the tech law sector to answer five questions and posting their responses on its Facebook page. Their responses give an interesting insight into how they got their start and where they see the profession going and may provide some inspiration for those considering working in this area of law. In this, the first of a series that will appear in the magazine, we hear from Mark O’Conor, Sue McLean, Simon Deane-Johns and Neil Brown….