The second edition of Tomorrow’s Lawyers, updated from its original 2013 publication, ought to be re-titled ‘I told you so’. Professor Susskind has been writing on the future of the legal profession for the past two decades, gaining the title of legal futurologist along the way. 2015’s ‘The Future of the Professions’ forecast a future…
The EU Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for abusing its dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to its own comparison shopping service…
This is the essay from Lottie Michael which won the SCL Essay Prize for 2017…
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The CJEU has held that online sharing platforms may be infringing copyright by enabling those accessing material in a way which undermines copyright protection…
David Chaplin, the SCL’s Development Editor, offers some brief observations on last week’s outstanding Annual Conference…
Graham Smith is one of the speakers at the SCL Conference in the session covering new trends in data interception, use and retention. While this piece from Graham does not reflect his input in that focused session, it is an important contribution to the much-needed debate on Internet freedoms….
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that granting police access to computer files containing child pornography material without prior judicial authorisation, in a non-emergency situation, violated the owner’s right to respect for his private life…
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Neil Brown takes a detailed look at the scope of the Digital Economy Act 2017’s age verification obligations, and the various actors upon which they fall….
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The final version of the Digital Economy Act 2017 has been published online. Some significant provisions come into force on 25 June….
David Berry highlights the practical and legal challenges inherent in any smart city initiative and suggests some approaches that might minimise the risks arising from those challenges…
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