Google Fine for Android Dominance Actions
The EU Commission has fined Google €4.34 billion ‘for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google’s search engine’…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Time to get Technical? Revolutionizing the (Deplorable?) System of Internet Governance
This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
ICO intends to fine Facebook £500,000 and calls for statutory Code of Practice to regulate use of personal information in political campaigning
Notice of intent and recommendations published in the light of preliminary findings in the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica investigation…
SCL Student Essay Prize Winning Entry: Is Law or ISP Action Key to Internet Enforcement?
This is the essay which won the SCL Student Essay Prize for 2018 for Alvin Cheung on the set topic ‘Are state legislation and case law, or Internet Service Provider action, more important to the enforcement of rules on Internet users? Discuss with respect to key internet platforms’ Terms of Service and privacy policies.’…
SCL Student Essay Prize Winner Announced
The winner of this year’s SCL Student Essay Prize is Alvin Cheung. The runner-up is Viraj Ananth….
Data Protection Charges: Review of Exemptions
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport is holding a public consultation as part of a review of the exemptions from paying charges to the Information Commissioner’s Office…
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Book Review: IT Contracts and Dispute Management
Laurence Eastham reviews this book from Steven Baker, Lawrence Akka QC and Rachel Glass…
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Is Software Goods, or even Property? A Recommendation for Sui Generis Categories
With the recent Court of Appeal decision in Computer Associates v The Software Incubator as a catalyst, Ken Moon embarks on a detailed analysis of the ‘software as goods’ debate and suggests a modern solution to problems arising from outdated classifications…
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SCL Event Report: SCL Junior Lawyers’ Group – “Cryptocurrencies and ICOs – Opportunities and Challenges for the Legal Sector”
Gerald Brent reports on the SCL Junior Lawyers’ Group event hosted by Baker McKenzie on 22 May 2018…
Could I get that in writing?
Richard Osborne of 4 Pump Court reflects on a contract dispute in which the Supreme Court made it clear that anti-oral variation clauses will be enforced….