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Looking after the Basics

July 18, 2011

We all need to remind ourselves from time to time about key skills that we take for granted…

Consent: Article 29 Working Party Opinion

July 17, 2011

The Article 29 Working Party has published a new opinion offering ‘a thorough analysis of the concept of consent as currently used in the Data Protection Directive and in the e-Privacy Directive’…

Digital Agenda: Breach Notification Consultation

July 17, 2011

The EU Commission is consulting on possible rules for notifying personal data breaches…

CPD Online: SCL Outsourcing Seminar – Changing the Game

July 13, 2011

Questions arising from the SCL Outsourcing Seminar – Changing the Game – Are ‘Market Standards’ Justified? held on 4 July 2011. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL33 – 1 hour 30 minutes….

The Court of Justice of the European Union has given judgment in the long-standing dispute between L’Oréal (and various subsidiaries) and eBay (and some of the sellers on eBay), concerning the sale, without L’Oréal’s consent, of L’Oréal products on the online marketplace operated by eBay. It is bad news for eBay but it may have much wider implications….

Re-examining Limitation of Liability Provisions

July 10, 2011

Kit Burden and John McKinlay review current market practice on limitation of liability and raise some fundamental questions about widely accepted arguments and the ‘standard’ drafting that too often goes unquestioned….