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Gymnastic Wrestling
SCL is presenting a seminar that could make some of the London Olympics events look very pedestrian. And it focuses on an area of knowledge of which too many IT lawyers remain dangerously ignorant….
In-house KM: The Value of Law Firm Know How
Matt Whalley shares the benefit of his experience as a target for law firm bulletins so as to help those who produce them make the life of the in-house recipients easier and get their target audience to value them more highly….
Podcast: SCL Annual Lecture: Information and the Law – the Advent of Meaning Based Computing
Podcast of the SCL Annual Lecture, presented by Dr Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy, on how meaning-based computing could impact on legal practice…
Web Sites and Jurisdiction: Pammer/Alpenhof
The European Court of Justice has ruled on when a web site operator is directing its services to a Member State in Case C-585/08 and C-144/09 Joined Cases Peter Pammer and Alpenhof, Judgment of 7 December 2010. This decision was made in the context of establishing a national court’s jurisdiction in a business to consumer transaction. Dr Julia Hörnle highlights the main issues and comments on the case….
Online News and Contempt of Court
The Divisional Court has been grappling with the dangers that arise from instant news and the less considered nature of online publication….
Draft Defamation Bill and Consultation
The Ministry of Justice has published the Government’s proposals for reform of the law on defamation and aim for public consultation and pre-legislative scrutiny…
Further Data Protection Act Implementation
A new commencement order has been published but it is of very limited effect….
Data Protection and Privacy: Hitting a Real World Wall
With doubts about implementation of the EU’s ‘cookie consent’ requirements and the suggestion that cloud cuckoo land has at last been found (apparently it is in Denmark), it is time to ask if there is a disconnect between commercial reality and privacy requirements. And whose fault is it?…
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SCL Annual Lecture 2011: The Advent of Meaning-based Computing
Laurence Eastham reports on the lecture from Dr Mike Lynch OBE at the IET on 8 March on the advent of meaning-based computing…
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