All articles by Jonathan Goldsmith – Page 30
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OpinionEuropean patents – who can act?
Unified Patent Court consultation stirs debate about who can act in a specialist legal area and the value of a broad-based education.
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OpinionLawyers and trade secrets
There may be serious knock-on effects on lawyers under EU plans to harmonise trade secrets legislation across the Union.
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OpinionResponding to the ‘right to be forgotten’
Huge issues face the EU - not least the ‘right to be forgotten’ problem - and lawyers must meet them with decisiveness.
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OpinionEuro elections and lawyers
Despite some huge national upsets in the European elections, the issues affecting lawyers remain the same.
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OpinionOur heads in the cloud
Cloud computing throws up some serious questions – if only lawyers would put their smartphones away and listen.
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OpinionRoad traffic offences in the EU
Criminal lawyers dealing with cross-border offences will have to become familiar with a new directive. Eventually.
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OpinionBusiness, human rights and lawyers
Everyone wants to be friends with CSR. But how do its principles conflict with lawyer-client confidentiality?
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OpinionEuropean Court of Human Rights and lawyers
A new document should guide lawyers considering ECtHR applications in light of an amended rule of court.
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OpinionLawyer data: are you listening?
Further action is needed to protect lawyer-client confidentiality from mass surveillance.
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OpinionPII – a flawed framework
Problems in the cross-border insurance market will continue as long as member states’ legal systems differ.
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OpinionA pitch for a TV series on the law
Our legal system is one of the country’s great exports. Surely it should get its own TV series?
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OpinionA blow against the security state
The annulment of an EU data retention directive has implications for the government – and lawyers.
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OpinionThree’s a crowd
I am not alone in asking why the three bodies that work in private international law do not merge.
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OpinionEuropean law a click away
The e-justice portal gives access to EU case law databases. But the UK won’t adopt a new identifier tool.
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OpinionChris Grayling, scourge of the EU
It is strange that the justice secretary reserves his full Eurosceptic wrath for the innocuous EU justice scoreboard.
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OpinionEU: end-of-term fever
Many reforms rushed through the expiring European parliament will be of great interest to lawyers.
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OpinionPII in a European setting
What light does a new report shed on the availability of cross-border insurance products?
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OpinionWho can act in European patents?
Quality control issues arise over the right of representation in the Unified Patent Court.
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OpinionBorder counsel
How to decide between a pro- or anti-European approach at the forthcoming elections.