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Gymnastic Wrestling

March 17, 2011

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

March 17, 2011

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….

Web Sites and Jurisdiction: Pammer/Alpenhof

March 15, 2011

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….

Data Protection and Privacy: Hitting a Real World Wall

March 10, 2011

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?…

Data Controllers, Data Processors and Data Sharers

March 4, 2011

This is a revised version of Richard Morgan’s look at the classification of controllers, processors and sharers. He has revised it in light of the ICO new code on data sharing. Richard offers his own insights on how best to distinguish between the various classifications enshrined in the DPA….

E-commerce: Advocate General’s Opinion on Internet Sales Ban

March 4, 2011

In the opinion of Advocate General Mazák, cosmetic company Pierre-Fabre’s absolute refusal to allow its French distributors to sell its products on the Internet appears to be disproportionate….

We’re buzzing! SCL Events in 2011

February 23, 2011

“There was a real buzz” is definitely the new catch phrase for SCL events in 2011. We have received some absolutely fantastic feedback following our events this year including the inaugural meeting of the {SCL Junior Lawyers’ Group: http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=ne18660}, the hugely popular {SCL Annual IT Contracts Update seminar: http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=ne18870} and the superb lecture given by…

The Fr-Agile Truce – Developers v Testers

February 21, 2011

In a view of Agile from the coal-face of software development, Simon Worthy is clearly convinced that one of its advantages is that it keeps the natural war between developers and testers in check….