EandC Legal, a Nigerian startup and commercial law firm, has launched the Nigerian Technology Law Report 2026, a new publication tracking how Nigerian courts are responding to legal issues created by the country’s rapidly expanding digital economy. The inaugural report features 10 judgments covering areas including electronic contracts, data protection, intellectual property and technology transfer.
The report comes at a time when technology is becoming deeply woven into everyday business and public life in Nigeria, from fintech and digital marketplaces to healthcare, entertainment and government services. As businesses increasingly rely on artificial intelligence, digital platforms and data-driven models, new legal questions are finding their way into courtrooms, making it increasingly important to understand how judges are interpreting existing laws in a changing technological environment.
According to EandC Legal’s Editor-in-Chief and Lead Partner, Omoruyi Edoigiawerie, technology law can no longer be viewed as a narrow or specialised area of legal practice. He explained that even disputes traditionally classified as commercial, banking or intellectual property cases can raise technology-related questions when electronic records, digital transactions, online platforms or the technological use of protected rights become central to the case.
The firm said the report takes a functional approach by focusing on cases where technology materially influences an important legal issue before the court, rather than limiting its scope to cases filed specifically under technology-related laws. Edoigiawerie noted that this approach is particularly important because technological developments often move faster than legislation, leaving courts to apply established legal principles to circumstances lawmakers may not have anticipated.
Going forward, the Nigerian Technology Law Report is expected to track emerging judicial principles around digital evidence, electronic transactions, data protection, artificial intelligence, digital assets, cybersecurity, platform liability and technology-driven intellectual property disputes. EandC Legal said the publication will serve as a research resource for lawyers and academics while helping businesses, regulators and policymakers understand how Nigerian courts are shaping the legal framework of the digital economy. The first volume is available at technologylawreport.ng and is expected to form the foundation of a broader record of Nigeria’s evolving technology law landscape.
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