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Chris Marsden with an acerbic look at the origins and, perhaps unintended, consequences of Australia’s social media ban for under 16’s which comes into force today. I write this on the eve of Australia’s under-16 social media ban, which stops all Australians using social media unless they can prove they are over 16. Unsurprisingly, it…

Read More… from Happy New Year and Brave New World 2026! Banned from the ashes of social media Down Under

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Scott Foster summarises the latest Court of Appeal decision in the Samsung / ZTYE FRAND litigation. Does pressing for your preferred court amount to bad faith? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Samsung v ZTE clarifies a live question in SEP/FRAND litigation: when parties are locked in a global forum battle, does pressing for your preferred court…

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Dan Hunter and Henry Goodwin look at how law firms’ talent mix must evolve as AI goes native. Do we need fighter pilots or drone operators? AI solutions are becoming embedded in the day-to-day ways of working of law firms around the world.  Even at this early stage of AI integration, long-held assumptions around the…

Read More… from Training Tomorrow’s Top Guns: AI-Native Law Firms and the New Legal Talent Paradigm

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Rory O’Keeffe maps out how lean legal teams can outpace larger rivals, halve turnaround times and unlock real business impact. There’s a persistent myth in legal circles that AI is a game for the big players. Deep pockets, sprawling data lakes and armies of technologists are seen as prerequisites – yet only 54% of legal…

Read More… from Levelling the Playing Field in the Age of AI: Why Small Legal Teams Can Win Big

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privacy The ICO has announced that it will be scrutinising how popular games played by childrenprotect online privacy. 90% of UK children play games on digital devices and the ICO will belaunching a monitoring programme targeting 10 popular mobile games. The review willassess games’ compliance with default privacy settings, their geolocation controls and theirtargeted advertising…

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During its latest plenary meeting, the EDPB adopted recommendations on the legal basis for requiring the creation of user accounts on e-commerce websites. In addition, the Board had a preliminary discussion on the Digital Omnibus proposal and appointed the new EDPB Deputy Chair. Recommendation on creating user accounts on websites The Board says that Internet…

Read More… from European Data Protection Board issues recommendations on user accounts and comments on Digital Omnibus

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In the first compliance decision under the Digital Services Act (DSA)., the European Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the DSA. The breaches include the deceptive design of its “blue tick”, the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to provide access…

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The European Commission is investigating if Google has breached EU competition rules by using the content of web publishers, as well as content uploaded on the online video-sharing platform YouTube, for AI purposes. In particular, the investigation will assess if Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators,…

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The European Court of Justice has issued its judgment in Case C-492/23 | Russmedia Digital and Inform Media Press Data Protection. It said that the operator of an online marketplace is responsible for processing personal data in advertisements published on its platform. The case involved Russmedia Digital, a company that runs the website www.publi24.ro, where…

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The European Court of Justice recently issued its judgment in Case C-34/24 | Stichting. It concerned a dispute about whether Dutch courts could hear a legal action against Apple. The case focused on whether Apple’s App Store and whether Apple’s behaviour in running the App Store for the Netherlands market was anti-competitive. Apple’s iPhones and…

Read More… from ECJ rules on Dutch court’s jurisdiction to hear App Store case

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The High Court has issued its eagerly awaited judgment (which was around 200 pages long) in Getty Images -v- Stability AI [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch). The judgment addresses complex questions at the intersection of intellectual property law and generative AI. Getty Images brought claims against Stability AI for trade mark infringement, passing off, and copyright…

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Advocate General Szpunar has issued an opinion in Joined Cases C-188/24 | WebGroup Czech Republic and NKL Associates and C-190/24 | Coyote System on two related legal cases involving French laws that restrict certain online services. Advocate General (AG) Szpunar says that France’s obligations on online porn publishers to prevent minors’ access and its prohibition…

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In a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union, Advocate General Spielmann has issued an opinion on how EU member states handle the public disclosure of anti-doping violations. In Case C‑474/24, four athletes challenged Austrian legislation mandating the online publication of personal data following anti-doping sanctions. This data included names, sports discipline,…

Read More… from Publishing names on internet of athletes infringing anti-doping rules is contrary to EU law

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David Chaplin, editor of Computers & Law, reflects on the recent Annual AI conference that looked at the challenges of AI implementation through the eyes of business A case study stitched together the presentations at the annual SCL AI conference hosted at the HSFK offices a couple of weeks ago. It was all about how…

Read More… from EVENT REPORT: AI Law: what every business (and their lawyers) needs to know

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Mauricio Figueroa summarises the key points from the SCL AI Conference hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills on 8th October. Practitioners, lawmakers, academics, trainees, in-house lawyers, and civil society representatives gathered at Herbert Smith Freehills’ offices in London for the annual Society for Computers and Law AI conference. The event brought together experts to explore the…

Read More… from The SCL AI Conference: Key Takeaways

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Victor Gurr, Trainee Solicitor, Gisby Harrison Solicitors was nominated to attend the recent SCL 50th Anniversary Conference on 10 October 2023 as a tech law “rising star”.  “Rising stars” are invited to record their impressions of the Conference in any form they choose (in previous years these have been event reports, infographs and even poems!). These…

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What separates humanity from technology? The sudden omniscience of ChatGPT in November 2022 has prompted a good deal of philosophising on that question with the apparent gap between the human and the machine growing ever less defined. There is as yet little common ground on where the boundary lies but one oft cited difference is…

Read More… from SCL 50th Anniversary Conference Event Report: “The Dragon Under the Sofa and other stories”

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