When is it safe to use a competitor's brand name in your adverts? A recent European decision gives further guidance.

While the compliance and tentative enforcement of ‘the cookie law’ continues, change is also continuing in a related online privacy issue: the web browser ‘Do Not Track’ settings.

Corporate use of social media has rapidly become commonplace across most industries, proving there is no shortage of companies willing to provide the soundtrack to Zuckerberg’s vision.

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Regus (UK) Ltd v Epcot Solutions Ltd considered the enforceability of an exclusion clause which purported to exclude liability for financial losses in a supplier's standard terms of business.

It seems to be an industry dichotomy: at a time when publishers are closing established dev studios - recent casualties Black Rock, Blue Tongue, Kaos and Bizarre spring immediately to mind - the number and value of acquisitions in the sector has never been higher.

On 2 March, the ICO released a consultation on the meaning of consent under the GDPR and, as part of this, published its draft guidance on consent ("Guidance").

The Information Commissioner’s Office (the "ICO") has recently issued updated guidance on the steps website providers need to take in order to comply with the new cookie regulations.

The European Commission has announced that it is looking into the standardisation process for payments made over the internet that is being led by the European Payments Council ("EPC").

There is definite discrimination theme this month, in particular the issue of when organisations can justify decisions that would otherwise amount to indirect discrimination.

With economic uncertainty set to continue into 2012, redundancies and other cost-cutting measures are likely to remain firmly on the agenda.

Mobile Virtual Network Operators, or MVNOs, are mobile operators who do not own a physical radio network infrastructure. They provide a service under their own brand using assets owned by another operator, and to the end-user the service appears indistinguishable from the "real thing".

Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission’s "Digital Agenda", has over the past couple of years consistently emphasised the importance of cloud computing and the major role it will play in the future of Europe’s economy, creating jobs and economic growth, as well as facilitating innovation and cross-jurisdictional collaboration.

After months of delays the Bribery Act 2010 (the "Act") finally comes into force on 1 July 2011. The Act, which will completely replace the UK’s existing anti-bribery laws, is intentionally robust, being wide in both scope and jurisdictional effect and imposing significant penalties.

Technological advances have had a profound effect on a number of aspects of the employer/employee relationship, but perhaps none more so than in relation to the place of work.

Ever since the first US PC hardware and software companies started going international in the early 1980s, executing on the step change when international revenues take off has been a difficult phase for young technology companies.

This article examines looks ahead to what we might expect as IT law developments in 2012.

When things go wrong in automated high frequency trading, they can go disastrously wrong.

On 20 September, the European Commission announced that IBM has offered formal commitments to ensure the availability of certain spare parts and technical information on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.