Cross-border contracts for the sale of goods are part and parcel of international trade. When a US buyer or seller is involved in an international sale of goods the court must give consideration to the application of the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of...

The Newzbin cases mark a clear shift in the responsibility that European based entities must take in relation to the protections of intellectual property rights. Previously the burden of protecting intellectual property rights was placed primarily on the rights holder. Today however, legislative...

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) systems are becoming a mainstay of legal systems around the world, especially within systems of justice suffering from significant backlogs and delay. While arbitration used to be the bastion of most commercial law disputes, today mediation is more widely...

Over the next 10 years, the intelligent use of data will become one of the greatest competitive advantages a company can possess. At the same time, the loss or mishandling of data/information is one of the bigger risks facing modern businesses. As consumers become increasingly aware of security...

On September 7, 2012 the Second Circuit struck a blow for all of those consumers that have been fooled by data pass marketing programs, especially those that contain an arbitration clause hidden within its terms. In the case of Schnabel v. Trilegiant Corp. the court examined the enforceability...

In the article entitled Intermediaries Precarious Balance within Europe: Oddly Placed Cooperative Burdens in the Online World, I examined the Court of Justice of the European Union case of SABAM v Scarlet Extended in which the court interpreted various European Union laws to require a...

How should the Internet be governed? What role should governments play? What about the private sector? Does it still make sense — as it did in 1998 when it was created — for a non-profit corporation based in California to be responsible for managing the Domain Name System (DNS), which...

The rapid expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and services is continuing and even being catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic with the number of Internet-connected devices already far exceeding the number of people on the planet, leading to widespread implications for natural and digital...

Amidst the regular drumbeat of reports about Russian attempts to undermine U.S. democratic institutions from Twitter bots to cyber-attacks on Congressional candidates, it is easy to forget that the problem of election security is not isolated to the United States and extends far beyond...

Consumers in the mobile ecosystem can putatively protect their privacy with the use of application permissions. However, this requires the mobile device owners to understand permissions and their privacy implications. Yet, few consumers appreciate the nature of permissions within the mobile...