Revenge Porn Legislation
Proposals to create the new offence of ‘disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress’ have now been published…
Intellectual Property
Address to SCL Members
It’s been a frenetic week for the SCL, with the Annual Conference still very fresh in our minds. It was a great event to attend and we are grateful not just to the excellent speakers and the SCL staff who made the event go so well but particularly to all those who attended. There was…
European Banking Authority Opinion on Virtual Currencies
Pearse Ryan, Rob Cain and Emma Dunne offer a summary of the recent EBA Opinion. They are not impressed by the Opinion or the potential cost to Ireland of following its recommendations and suggest a more balanced approach that would allow innovation to thrive…
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The Microsoft Warrant Case: Not Just an Irish Issue
John O’Connor outlines the latest position in the ‘Microsoft Warrant case’ where the Cloud provider was ordered by a US Federal Court to produce its customer’s private e-mail content even though it was stored exclusively outside the USA…
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Leveraging Technology in Civil Justice ODR
Darin Thompson continues his series of articles on online dispute resolution. In his fourth article in his series, he touches on AI, monitoring and the need for a multidisciplinary approach to design….
Want a .law Domain Name?
The basic eligibility requirements for the new .law and .abogado top-level domains have been announced…
Facebook Acquisition of WhatsApp Approved
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook…
Sanctions against Russia: Alert for IT Businesses
The EU has formally enacted sanctions against Russia. They can affect IT companies and it is important to guard against breach. Brian Mulier and Roger Bickerstaff explain the current state of the EU sanctions and add a warning about the impact of the recent extension of the US sanctions for IT businesses….
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Addressing ‘New’ Challenges to ODR Implementation
Darin Thompson continues his series of articles on online dispute resolution. In this third article in his series, he looks both at service channels and system design options before turning his attention to identity, confidentiality, privacy and security….
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Government Database Records and Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a French crime database system was in breach of Convention for storing information on individuals against whom proceedings have been dropped…
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