Many people have a break this week. It’s relatively calm, therefore, in Vienna and surroundings.
Retrospect
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Makus Hametner informed us about what’s not going to change with the new freedom of information act.
Rebecca McMenamin gave us an overview on Legal Research and Legal Writing in New Zealand.
Jan Sramek joined me in the laundry and spoke about legal publishing in Austria. One of the key learnings is how legal and technical code(s) (in copyright) are detrimental to market performace of small publishers.
I have the privilege to know Jan since a period of time in which books still looked like this:
(The book is, probably, no longer available, but a review written by Clemens Jabloner in 2002 can still be reached (Paywall)).
Media and Data Protection
The topic is still on the agenda, but there are no substantial news to report. Neither did the Ministry of Justice publish the draft on the reform of the data protection law nor did the Ministry of Constutional Matters publish anything on the envisaged prohibition of litteral quotations of files by media in criminal cases. Some reports on the non-matter (and my position) were however published this week, for example in Horizont, Salzburger Nachrichten, Der Standard and News.
Prospect
Conferences
There are plenty of opportunities coming to see us and what we are currently working on. It would be great to see you there!
April, 9th:
It’s confirmed now that State Secretary Claudia Plakolm will give a keynote here. I am the coauthor of a study on Digital Policy that tries to set the scene. This is a very interesting opportunity to debate how regulatory authorities can interact more efficiently. I am not sure whether this is related ort a coincidence, but I find this week’s newsletter 1/2024 (not on the website yet, though) of the Austrian Data Protection Authority interesting in this respect:
April 16th:
This is about a very technical and legal report written in cooperation with colleagues from the Department of Civil Procedure Law on some of the oldest and heaviest issues the internet has brought to private law (identification, enforcement, competence).
April 19th:
We are proud to do this in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior. Thre of our projects will be presented there and speakers from the Federal Office of Crime Investigation (“Bundeskriminalamt) will share their insights.
On April 22 at 18.00 CET there will be a “Presse Rechtspanorama am Juridicum” on Media Freedom in Juridicum’s top floor. I will be on the panel, but haven’t found an official announcement yet.
May 21:
This is the outcome of a very fruitful collaboration with Wirtschaftskammer Österreich.
All these events are free, but please do register in advance!
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Prof. Dr. Magrit Seckelmann from the Institute of Legal Informatics at Leibniz Universität Hannover will speak about some of the learnings in administrative law after the pandemic - on Friday, April 5h, at 16.00 CET (in German).
Daisy
doesn’t know and doesn’t care what all this fuss with spring and holidays and eggs and bunnies is about.
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Have a wonderful week!
Kind regards
Nikolaus (Forgó)