A Predictions Compilation
These are the predictions of a range of experts in tech law, technology for lawyers. Some are light-hearted and some are highly perceptive; some are a bit of both; all in alphabetical order…
Telecoms & the Internet
AI in Tech and Law in 2018 and Beyond
Joanna Goodman looks closely at what is happening, and about to happen, in the use of AI by law firms and considers some wider developments in tech affecting lawyers…
Predictions 2018 – 5
Chris Marsden looks back on past predictions and looks forward through 2018 and beyond, with a special focus on net neutrality…
Age Verification Dangers
Following on from a widely welcomed presentation at SCL’s Sextech, Porn and the Law event in October, Pandora Blake offers a fuller analysis of the dangers and difficulties that come with the introduction of age verification in accordance with the Digital Economy Act 2017…
Legal Status of a Crypto Token
Leigh Sagar offers some thoughts, and handy definitions, relating to cryptocurrencies and a striking visualisation technique for grasping the concept of crypto tokens…
IP Rights: Where Does the Internet Stop?
Gwilym Roberts gives his view of the recent Canadian case which raises a wide range of jurisdictional issues for IP and tech lawyers…
Revelations: The Back To Basics day
David Chaplin, SCL Development Editor, reports on the outstanding Back to Basics Tech for Tech Lawyers event held on 19 September…
Employee Monitoring: Human Rights Judgment
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that, on the particular facts, the monitoring of an employee’s electronic communications amounted to a breach of his right to private life and correspondence…
Book Review: Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation
Ann Kristin Glenster reviews this companion to the 4th edition of Data Protection Law and Practice which is edited by Rosemary Jay and which was published in February (Sweet and Maxwell, 2017, £165, 447 pp, index 23 pp, ISBN: 9780414061019….
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China as the Next Leader in Legal Technology?
Following his recent trip to China, Richard Susskind reflects on the pace of change on legal technology there, sensing a swing of the pendulum and assessing the implications that may have for the legal landscape in the UK and beyond…
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