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Rise of the regulatory monster: Roderick Ramage takes aim at the General Data Protection Regulation

MLex has published a new special report entitled ‘Is the GDPR doing its job?’, which looks at the trends in General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) enforcement across the 27 EU Member States, the UK, and three EEA countries since it came into force on 25 May 2018.

The appointment of Liz Truss has postponed the second reading of the complex Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, which had been due to take place this week

‘Minimal’ activity such as offering subscriptions in the UK is enough to make a US online magazine subject to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), the Court of Appeal has held in a landmark case

Former New Zealand Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has been confirmed as the new Information Commissioner

Lawyers have welcomed the European Commission’s decision that UK data protection standards are ‘adequate’―however, weakening standards could lead to immediate revocation

Partner Mei-Ling Huang announced as new chair

On 26 May 2021 the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled in R (on the application of Open Rights Group and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Liberty and another intervening) [2021] EWCA Civ 800 that the so-called 'immigration exemption' in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 2018, which restricts certain data subject rights, was incompatible with Article 23 of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

The UK’s mass surveillance regime breaches the right to privacy and freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has held, in a landmark ruling.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on cyber security risks for law firms—the time to act on them is now, says Frances McLeod

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Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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NLJ this week: Big tech for small firms

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

NLJ this week: SLAPPed shut?

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

NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied

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

NLJ this week: Days numbered for upwards-only rent reviews

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

NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights

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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Data protection

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Keoghs—four appointments

Brabners—Ben Lamb