Apr 29, 2022 Ed Sheeran off the hook as High Court finds 'Shape of You' does not infringe By Jack Higgins On 6 April, the High Court held that Ed Sheeran’s smash hit, Shape of You, did not infringe the musical copyright in Sami Chokri’s song...
Apr 28, 2022 UK's digital regulators focus on algorithms By Annalisa Tosdevin The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has today published two papers on algorithms, along with a call for comments inviting...
Apr 28, 2022 Royal Mail and Reed Online pay the price for unsolicited direct marketing emails By Heather Broadbent The two latest fines issued by the ICO to Royal Mail and Reed Online for breaches of the direct marketing rules contained in PECR reflect...
Apr 28, 2022 Automated Vehicles Come One Step Closer By George Mole Whether considering how to reduce product delivery costs, reconfigure insurance models or improve associated technologies such as AI...
Apr 28, 2022 Google responds to CNIL Cookie Fine – ‘Reject All’ now on equal footing By Slaughter and May Google has announced the completion of “a full redesign” of its cookie consent practices and the “infrastructure” it uses to handle...
Apr 20, 2022 Private copying on the cloud? Fair compensation still payable but practical questions remain By Slaughter and May On 24 March 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU handed down its decision in the snappily-named case Austro-Mechana Gesellschaft zur...
Apr 14, 2022 Latest Government Cyber Breaches Survey published By Natalie Donovan On Wednesday 30 March, the Government published its 2022 Cyber Security Breaches Survey. The survey, which is now in its seventh year,...
Apr 04, 2022 Key themes for 2022: an interview with tech partner Laura Houston By Natalie Donovan I recently interviewed Laura Houston, a partner in our tech group, about the key themes she is currently discussing with clients in the...