Today we have contributions from three experts in their chosen fields. The feast of predictions goodies is far from over – look out for more tasty morsels as the week goes on. Read the predictions from Chris Marsden, Peter Sommer and Stephen Mason….
Tom Scourfield and Lucy Kilshaw look at recent High Court judgment where the defendant police force escaped copyright liability but were caught out on database right in phone code list…
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Time to hear from a group of practitioners, focusing mainly on IT law issues but including a look at our developing relationship with tablets, smartphones and other new ways of living too. Think of this as the bag of luxury chocolate gold coins that you ate instead of putting them on the tree. Read the predictions from Stewart Room, Kit Burden, Emma Brownlow-Smith, Jon Bloor, Paul Gershlick and David Lewis…
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Something more substantial today – five items from the selection box of predictions. Chew on the predictions affecting technology and the real practice of law from Jan Durant, Arlene Adams, Tom Hiskey, Joe Reevy and David Gilroy and decide which suggestion is the Cadbury’s Flake and which is the Mars Bar….
Today’s cheeky taster from the predictions chocolate assortment is a melange of forecasts from three men with special e-disclosure expertise, but it goes beyond e-disclosure to offer undertones of praline and a strong after-taste of essence of law firm practice. Read the predictions of Andrew Haslam, Mike Taylor and Charles Holloway….
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Richard Graham reviews the likely targets for data protection reform and suggests that it is time to get ready to meet the challenges reform will bring…
The Opinion of Advocate General Bot in SAS v World Programming has now been published. In his view, the functionalities of a computer program and the programming language cannot be protected by copyright. The source code of a program may, if certain conditions are met, be reproduced in order to ensure interoperability with another program….
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Advent Sunday has come and gone so perhaps it is not too soon to open the first window of the advent calendar and consume the first morsel. Maybe it is too soon, but I could wait no longer. There are many more to come….
The government’s new Cyber Security Strategy was published on 25 November….
John D. McGonagle considers the structural reforms to the UK banking sector and their importance for IT lawyers…