Data Protection, Peerage and Privilege
A High Court judgment rejects a claim under the Data Protection Act 1998 for disclosure of letters sent to the House of Lords Appointments Commission…
Litigation & DR
The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 – Recent Developments
On 17 July 2014 Parliament passed the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (DRIPA). DRIPA has proved controversial. Its validity is subject to legal challenge while, at the same time, the Government proposes to widen its scope by amendments in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill currently before Parliament. Rosemary Jay reviews the current state of play and explains the background to DRIPA….
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Revised eDisclosure Protocol and Guidelines
A revised version of the protocol and guidelines (version 0.2) which apply in the Technology and Construction Court has now been published….
EU Trade Secrets Directive
Pearse Ryan and Niall Donnelly continue with their valuable series of articles covering the latest position on EU legislation. This article focuses on what businesses need to know about the Trade Secrets Directive and covers the latest developments….
Predictions 2015: IT and Legal Practice
This set of predictions comes from leading consultants and commentators operating in legal IT…
Predictions 2015: Academics’ Foresight
While Chris Marsden, Marion Oswald and Monica Horten each have a number of varied roles, they share the special sense of perspective that comes with working in universities…
Predictions 2015: Chris Dale
Since the eDisclosure oracle, Chris Dale of the eDisclosure Information Project Ltd (www.edisclosureinformation.co.uk), gave us some substantial predictions, we thought that he deserved a page of his own….
Cases Round-up
Software Patents: Court of Appeal Supports Refusal In Lantana Ltd v The Comptroller General of Patents, Design and Trade Marks [2014] EWCA Civ 1463, the Court of Appeal has supported the rulings of the Comptroller and Birss J and ruled against granting a patent in respect of software. As Arden LJ put it, ‘the invention…
EU Guidelines on Cloud Computing Service Agreements
Pearse Ryan and Niall Donnelly bring us up to date and tell you what you need to know about the guidelines on SLAs in the cloud…
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Predictions 2015: (Mainly) IT Law
This set of predictions comes mainly from those working in law firms or with specialist outlooks that make aspects of IT law central to their working lives….