Getting Up Close and Personal
Gmail, A9.com and Blinkx are examples of the new privacy implications of personalised online advertising and advanced search engine technology. Eva Wong from Coudert Bros explores the new threat and opportunity….
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Outsourcing Legal Services
John Angel asks “Is it really happening?” and “Should law firms be considering it?”…
“Why Can’t I…?” is the New “Can Do”
Simon Deane-Johns identifies a new trend in the consuming public’s attitudes and tells IT lawyers that it affects how they need to approach their work too….
USB – Unidentified Security Breach!
Jim Davies tells us why USB is not an unmixed blessing and looks at solutions to the security problems USB devices can pose….
Music Copiers Face Copyright Backlash
The British Phonographic Industry, the trade body for record labels in the UK, is to begin action against 28 “major filesharers” – individuals who make their record collections available for others to download from peer-to-peer (P2P) sites. Charlotte McConnell comments….
Game Over for Mod Chips?
Matthew Pryke gives an account of Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment Inc & Ors v Ball & Ors [2004] EWHC 1738 Ch…
Electronic Disclosure: The Cresswell Report
The Commercial Court Working Party’s Report on Electronic Disclosure was published on 6 October. The Working Party, chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice Cresswell, was set up under the auspices of the Commercial Court Users’ Committee to investigate, and make recommendations as to, the particular problems thrown up by the disclosure of e-mails and other electronic documents and how the current Civil Procedure Rules and Commercial Court Guide on disclosure apply to electronic documents. We produce excerpts below and Laurence Eastham summarises and comments on the report….
Editorial
The most cursory flip through this issue will reveal that it devotes many of its pages to disclosure of electronic documents. Not only do we have Terry Harrison’s short article and a lengthy account of the recent report of the Commercial Court Working Party chaired by Mr Justice Cresswell but the article by His Honour…
Directions for Trial Preparation in IT Cases
In his article (on p 21), HH Bowsher QC includes consideration of the question of whether a standard agenda should be used for IT Case Management Conferences. That question, originally raised in his address to the SCL IT Disputes Interest Group, was prompted by a note from Alex Charlton on the issue. Alex Charlton sets out the substance of that note below and calls for constructive comment and contributions from readers….
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Technology Joint Ventures
Richard Raysman and Peter Brown share their views on, and considerable experience of, the drafting of joint venture agreements….