Specialty Group: Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Cybersecurity

Authors: Tim O’Callaghan Smart contracts have been dubbed the technology which will bring an end to the legal profession as we know it. This insight discusses what we can expect from smart contracts and why this techn ...

Introduction It is a case of importance for the music industry, which the Court of Justice ruled on in its decision of 29 July 20191. The case concerns sampling, a method nowadays commonly used in the creation of music ...

Author: Louise Keenan There are some types of special category data under the GDPR that attract a higher level of protection given their sensitive nature. This is referred to as ‘special category’ data and incl ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) has just handed down its ruling on questions of consent for the use of cookies in Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Veerbracherzen ...