Daniel Prim reports on the recent meeting covering termination clauses and repudiatory breach…
Domain Names: Community Service
Jane Seager examines how ICANN’s new gTLD program defines and deals with communities…
Predictions 2014: Batch 3
Another five predictions, covering law and IT for lawyers with great perception. In alphabetical order, we have predictions from Mark Crichard, Joanna Goodman, Dr Monica Horten, Jane Seager and Graham Smith….
AG’s Opinion: Data Retention Directive Incompatible with Human Rights
According to the Advocate General, Mr Cruz Villalón, the Data Retention Directive is incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. He proposes that the effects of the finding of invalidity should be suspended in order to enable the EU legislature to adopt, within a reasonable period, the measures necessary to remedy the invalidity found to exist so this is very far from an undermining of the data retention regime….
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Microsoft’s Acquisition of Skype is Held Compatible with the Internal Market
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that Microsoft’s absorption of Skype does not restrict competition either on the consumer video communications market or on the business video communications market…
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Celebrating 40 years of SCL at the House of Commons
Helen Hart reports on the SCL 40th Anniversary Dinner…
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It’s Raining NDAs
Paul Klinger and Rachel Burnett discuss the content and procedures involved in effective non-disclosure agreements….
Data Protection Proliferation in the Asia-Pacific
Janine Regan contemplates the rising importance attached to data protection in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region…
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Predictions 2014: Batch 2
The focus on SCL’s 40 years begins to dim after the House of Commons celebration and we refocus on the future. Here, in keeping with our, fairly desperate, Christmas music theme are five gold and ringing predictions, in strict alphabetical order, from Charles Holloway, Ben Horton, Marion Oswald, Michael Taylor and Mike Taylor….
Give Me Back My Bitcoins
If your Bitcoin fortune has gone missing, Michael Taylor has an analysis of your legal right of redress…