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Small firm IT – a (better) service is needed

June 30, 2003

Although originally drafted at the start of the year (as a result of research into law firm IT) the relevance of this article by Alistair Morrison has recently been confirmed by the publication of a Law Society investigation into ITC in small to medium-sized firms. (Research Study 46 – see www.research.lawsociety.org.uk.) The Society’s report, like this paper, highlights problems facing such firms. This article additionally suggests some potential avenues of relief. Most practitioners and commentators now accept that IT is not an optional extra, and may indeed hold the only route to future profitability. The purpose of this article is to suggest a way in which the necessity which is IT can be made less awkward for small law firms….

Live Streamed Sex Videos

June 30, 2003

Angus Hamilton contemplates the legality of live streamed video containing sexual activity in the UK….

Employee IT Inventors: Sharing in the profits?

June 30, 2003

Dr Rosanna Cooper looks at proposed changes to the UK Patents Act 1977 and reviews the current law on employee inventors….

Backbytes

June 30, 2003

Sam’s song. I missed writing about the issue before last which was packed with IT contract cases. One of the most interesting comments was Richard Stephens on SAM v Hedley, a case which looked at the legal status of bugs in software, the effect of “entire agreement” clauses and the validity of limitation of liability…

Books on Building Your Website

April 30, 2003

Jon Vogler looks at leading texts which help with building a Web site….

Changing your Outsourcing Deal Midstream – the Perils and the Pitfalls

April 30, 2003

John C. Buyers, a Director in KLegal’s London Technology Department, examins the legal effect of haphazard changes which take place in the real world to the carefully crafted contracts which underpin outsourcing. He also indicates the best approach to avoiding such disasters….

Neckbytes – Dracula, Computers and Law

April 30, 2003

Richard Harrison examines the role of technology and the legal profession in Dracula’s English ventures….

Trends in Outsourcing from a Legal Perspective

April 30, 2003

Outsourcing is of major importance commercially, and especially important in the IT sector. Outsourcing as a business practice has grown rapidly over the last decade. Bill Jones of Wragge & Co considers current trends in outsourcing from a legal perspective….