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Data rights of individuals and corporations as pertains to international law. A major focus here is GDPR, as was EU Privacy Shield. Also look at technologies both enhancing and compromising privacy
By Pui-Guan Man | September 3, 2012
Field Fisher Waterhouse is launching a representative base in Silicon Valley in a drive to boost the firm's US business. The Palo Alto office, which is set to open today (3 September), will be helmed by London privacy and information partner Phil Lee. The West Coast practice, which will not offer local law advice, is intended to strengthen relationships between local clients and the firm's European teams.
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By Alex Newman | September 3, 2012
The number of reported defamation cases in the UK fell last year, according to data compiled by Sweet & Maxwell. In the year to 31 May there were 71 defamation court cases, a 15% drop from the 84 during the same period the year before. Last year also marked a five-year-low in the number of defamation court cases brought against traditional media companies, with just 27 recorded.
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By Legal Week | August 24, 2012
So there you have it. We spend a whole year discussing press ethics and then, for the sake of a peek at Prince Harry's bum, half the world seems ready to say that the editor of The Sun can make up his own ethics. No, this is not about the freedom of the press. Nor is it about print versus internet. And it is not about the public's 'right' to see pictures of Harry's bum either. It is about mob rule and the right of large newspaper corporations to do whatever they like.
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By Ben Wheway | May 10, 2012
The US' wide-reaching mandate for document discovery frequently comes into conflict with European privacy laws. Kristy Grant looks at how the international jurisdictions are attempting to solve the issues...
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By Suzi Ring | April 12, 2012
Phone-hacking lawyer Mark Lewis is poised to take legal action against News Corporation in the US, as the long-running scandal moves beyond the UK courts. Taylor Hampton's Lewis is set to arrive in the US this weekend to begin discussions with New York civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel over legal action for three alleged victims of phone-hacking described as a "well-known sports person", a sports person not in the public eye and a US citizen.
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By Ben Wheway | March 29, 2012
The Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions, set up last July following 'Super-injunction Spring', has finally published its report...
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By Legal Week | March 22, 2012
"In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court this week allowed the appeal of Times Newspapers Limited against a decision of the Court of Appeal which had held that held that it could not rely on Reynolds qualified privilege..."
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By Legal Week | March 15, 2012
Nabarro outlines the implications and key points of new legislation
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By Legal Week | March 15, 2012
Steer clear of costly breaches with Wragges' website compliance checklist
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By Suzi Ring | November 16, 2011
Solicitors from Hell owner Rick Kordowski has been ordered to remove his site from the internet. A decision in the High Court yesterday (15 November) saw Mr Justice Tugendhat order Kordowski to "cease, forthwith, to publish the website solicitorsfromhell.co.uk".The ruling follows a Law Society court action to secure an injunction against the 'Solicitors from Hell' website to protect its members and the public, on the grounds the site was not a credible source of reliable information about solicitors.
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By Alex Anteau | June 30, 2023
"While the broader importance of this decision relates to medical malpractice cases, patient privacy and how the competing interests of litigants and privacy come together, for us it's a vindication [Scott Bailey] deserved," said defendant-appellant Page Powell.
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By Isha Marathe | June 29, 2023
July 1 will see data privacy statutes in California, Connecticut and Colorado either come online or start to be enforced.
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By Sid Mody and Juan Antonio Solis | June 29, 2023
The new Texas law applies to businesses that process or sell personal data to third parties.
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By Cassandre Coyer | June 28, 2023
The puzzle of data privacy legislation in the U.S. became significantly more complex in the first half of 2023.
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By Alaina Lancaster | June 28, 2023
The lawsuit likens Open AI's alleged privacy violations to complaints against Clearview AI for scraping photos off the internet for commercial gain.
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By Brad Kutner | June 28, 2023
Many cases brought under Bork-era law are going to arbitration rather than litigation.
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By Amanda O'Brien | June 23, 2023
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby has banned the use of the generative AI tool in the office. "The risks are just way too high," said chair Andrew Indeck.
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By Bill Piwonka, Exterro | June 22, 2023
Businesses and their legal departments alike are at risk of being overwhelmed by DSARs, and by the amount of data they will need to locate and review to fulfill them. Now is the time for businesses to take appropriate steps to prepare for the deluge.
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By Maria Dinzeo | June 22, 2023
"We have yet to see a ruling at the heart of the matter, and until we see such a ruling we're not going to see these things go away," said Michael Bahar, a partner at Eversheds Sutherland.
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By Hugo Guzman | June 22, 2023
"Data is seen as an asset, and the goal of the in-house counsel is to maximize asset value and minimize the liability," said Mark Rasch, of counsel at Kohrman Jackson & Krantz.
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