GDPR: Data Protection Impact Assessments
Olivia Whitcroft takes a careful look at DPIAs in light of the further guidance on the GDPR that has been issued since its finalisation…
Lawtech & Lawyers
Book Review: Data Localization Laws and Policy
Laurence Eastham reviews this close examination of international transfers from W Kuan Hon (Edward Elgar Publishing, 479 pp, £110/£99, ISBN 978 1 78643 196 7; also available as an ebook)….
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RegTech: When Regulation Meets Technology
What is RegTech? Lorraine Chimbga and Ryan Barnes give the answers and explain why it is having an impact on the financial industry and how it might have an impact on lawyers too….
Cloud Transformation: How to Steer Clear of the Storms
Kit Burden applies his unrivalled expertise and experience to an analysis of developments in cloud computing contracts, identifying the key emerging challenges…
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SAP v Diageo and Limits on Licences
Andrew Crystal and Eliot Henderson cover a significant ruling for software customers and providers, in which the High Court found that Diageo breached the ‘Named User’ pricing mechanism of its software licence agreement with SAP….
CPD Online: SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme Cycle 2: Module 9 – Cloud Computing
Questions arising from the SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme: Module 9 – Cloud Computing course held on 18 January 2017. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC50 – CPD: 2 hours…
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Cloud Computing: Software Patent Claims and the Risks to Service Availability
Richard Kemp highlights the rise in risk associated with NPE activity in the cloud computing sphere….
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Trustee Changes and New SCL Fellows
There are new SCL Trustees and two of those retiring from the Board of Trustees have become SCL Fellows…
AI in the Legal Sector: Debunking the Myths
Robert Morley embraces the potential of AI in legal but believes that AI will only ever be a useful tool – a servant rather than the lawyer’s master…
Blockchain: From Theory to Practice
Sue McLean takes a careful look at a series of common questions that arise, and are likely to arise with increasing frequency, where support is sought from practitioners on a blockchain project…