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Tom Morrison catches up on key developments in data protection & freedom of information

Ex-employees taking contact lists and other information from company databases with them when they go is becoming a major source of legal disputes.

A local authority has been fined £100,000 after an employee accidentally posted sensitive information on several vulnerable children and their families onto the internet.

Tom Morrison returns with his quarterly review of the world of information law

Tom Morrison returns with his quarterly review of the world of information law

HLE Blogger Eduardo Ustaran wonders if appointing a sole EU data protection regulator is a no brainer

Tom Morrison returns with his quarterly review of the world of information law

Tom Morrison returns with his quarterly review of the world of information law

Tom Morrison returns with his quarterly review of the world of information law

Drew Macaulay offers some top tips on unblocking jurisdictional log jams

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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