Inefficient academic lawyer @tcddublin.bsky.social Trying to write about Free Speech. Also GDPR, IP, IT, Privacy, Private Law. Thinking about Bach, books, chess, coffee, movies, music, screenplays, sport, theatre, whiskey http://www.cearta.ie
How will a proposed new EU law regulate the development of controversial data centres? Analysis by Annelieke Mooij: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
The effectiveness of the Cloud and AI Development Act regarding data centresAnnelieke Mooij , Assistant Professor, Tilburg Law School Photo : Facebook Clonee (Ireland) data centre Photo credit : Thomas Nugent, ...eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
This is an attack on the Rule of Law.
Joe NoonanMinister attacks Court oversight under the Constitution. Dangerous.
Savoring a moment of serenity with coffee in a cozy green oasis. ☕🌿 #Coffee #Cozy #Nature #Relaxation #Cafe
"By treating ebooks as inherently different from physical books, regulations in Ireland and across Europe impede libraries’ ability to acquire, own, and lend ebooks. Here’s how the law should change."
KnowledgeRights21EBOOKS ARE BOOKS. THE LAW SHOULD SAY SO. Irish libraries face an existential crisis over e-Books. Martin Bradley, KR21 national coordinator for Ireland, explains in Katina Magazine why Ireland must act, and how. 🔗 katinamagazine.org/content/arti... #eBookSOS #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
The 16th Edition of my Internet Law casebook is out! Overview: internetcasebook.com Table of contents: www.semaphorepress.com/downloads/In... PDF download (suggested $30): semaphorepress.com/InternetLaw_... Print-on-demand ($75.10): www.amazon.com/dp/1943689245 A brief thread on the update:
If you're starting law school this fall, you might be interested in my short essay, "How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students." You can download it for free here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
2/2 I'd love to have more responses about that post and all of those in the expanding series of which it forms a part. In particular, I'd love to learn if there is an example of a writer who stopped writing after being banned. Thanks in advance.
1/2 Thanks to all who have reached out to me about my blogpost on the chilling effect of the Irish censorship regime. It has been revised and expanded (and, I hope, improved), as a consequence. www.cearta.ie/2026/06/inde...
Indecency, obscenity, immorality, vice, depravity, corruption: the chilling effect of the Censorship of Publications Acts – Part 2 (censor and chill) – Cearta.iethe Irish for rightswww.cearta.ieCoffee is my happy place ☕️😊. #Coffee #CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer #BaristaLife
In Scotland, w/a red kite pair circling overhead & calling their distinctive call. They're beautiful birds, a totally different sleek build compared to our chonky B52 buzzards nesting at our place in Ireland. Kite introduction in Scotland (they are EVERYWHERE) shows how well recovery can work
New #CalledToTheBar! In a very special episode, I am joined by Penny Ridings, Bill Campbell and An Hertogen to remember the great New Zealander Sir Kenneth Keith. Be warned, it's a bit of a tear-jerker. Vale Ken. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
78. Rembering Sir Kenneth KeithIn this special episode, the panel reflects on the life, career, and enduring legacy of Sir Kenneth James Keith ONZ KBE KC PC , one of the most influential international lawyers of his generation.
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Gilboa, Kaplan & Somech on the Opioid Crisis as Unjust Enrichment Maytal Gilboa (Western University, Canada), Yotam Kaplan (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) & Ohad Somech (Netanya Academic College) have posted…...
Gilboa, Kaplan & Somech on the Opioid Crisis as Unjust EnrichmentMaytal Gilboa (Western University, Canada), Yotam Kaplan (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) & Ohad Somech (Netanya Academic College) have posted The Opioid Crisis as Unjust Enrichment on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Despite the regulatory frameworks established by agencies like the Food and Drug Administration, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the legal system has failed to prevent or effectively respond to the crisis.legaltheoryblog.com
Jotwell Juris: Erik Encarnacion, The Rule of Law, through Thick and Thin, JOTWELL (June 15, 2026) (reviewing Felipe Jiménez, The Rule of Law, __ Mich. St. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2026), available at SSRN (Dec. 05, 2025)), juris.jotwell.com/the-rule-of-....
My new paper on digital identification in Jamaica. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Digital national identification in Jamaica: Public distrust and popular refusalThis paper analyses public distrust and popular refusal surrounding Jamaica’s proposed biometric, digital, national identification system (NIDS). While such responses have been interpreted in relat...www.tandfonline.com2/2 … who had to self-censor, who faced the cold climate of social censorship, who went into exile and were published abroad, or who stopped writing. Now, the call for help: are there obvious examples of these effects that I don’t mention? Thanks!
1/2 Call for help. On the chilling effect of the Irish censorship regime, in this post, I write about Irish writers who were not published in the first place, who edited texts to accommodate tremulous publishers, who could not write … www.cearta.ie/2026/06/inde...
Indecency, obscenity, immorality, vice, depravity, corruption: the chilling effect of the Censorship of Publications Acts – Part 2 (censor and chill) – Cearta.iethe Irish for rightswww.cearta.ieNothing beats the aroma of fresh coffee brewing! ☕✨ #Coffee #Espresso #Brew #Cafe #Vibes
THE UNITED KINGDOM??? Oh no bluesky I’m in IRELAND. We’ve been independent for a century
If you wanted a "just the facts" overview of Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, it's up on my blog. blog.privacylawyer.ca/2026/06/onli...
"Online Harms" is back: An overview of Bill C-34 The Safe Social Media ActThe proposed new online safety law expands its scope to AI chatbots, introduces strict age limits, and places regulatory oversight under a...blog.privacylawyer.ca