The Law Commission has published its Scoping Report assessing the state of the law concerning abusive and offensive online communications…
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Managing Data Breaches – Notification and Risk Management
In the last from our Tech Law Masterclass series, Nigel Miller provides a guide to the provisions of the GDPR that are most relevant when a data breach is believed to have occurred…
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Farewell
In his last editorial prior to retirement from SCL work on 16 November, Laurence Eastham reviews his last issue as Editor, offers his thanks and wishes all well…
Digital Services Tax
The Chancellor’s announcement of a digital services tax has left many scratching their head as to how it is to work. HMRC has issued an explainer which covers some basic questions…
Contract Law – in Retrospect and in Prospect
For the last ten years Richard Stephens has provided an annual update on contract law for the SCL and also offers it by way of internal training for law firms and in-house legal departments. That puts him in a superb position to take a look at what has happened over the last decade and think about the major themes in contracts and contract law over those years. This is the latest in our series of articles from the Tech Law Masterclass appearing in the October/November issue of Computers & Law….
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Unfair Advantage of Famous Reputation Brands?
Lakmal Walawage considers questions about trade marks and domain names following the Court of Appeal ruling in Argos Ltd v Argos Systems Inc, taking account of the impact online, internationally and programmatically…
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Autonomous Weapons Systems: Is Regulatory Control Needed?
In another article from our Tech Law Masterclass series in the forthcoming issue, Roger Bickerstaff summarises the latest developments in this hotly debated area…
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FRAND and STEP: Latest Judgment from the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has upheld the ruling of Birss J in Unwired Planet v Huawei….
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Whither FinTech? Whither AI?
In another teaser from the forthcoming issue of Computers & Law, Simon Deane-Johns asks some searching questions about short-term problems and long-term challenges…
Vicarious Liability for Data Breaches after CA Judgment in Morrisons
Robin Hopkins analyses the position following the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of Morrisons’ appeal…
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