Service Credits and Penalties: What Exactly is the Position?
Richard Stephens, Partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse, gives a detailed guide to service credits and penalties….
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Bath 2002 – Mine’s a Hot One
Paul Berwin reviews the SCL IT Law Review, held at Bath on 8-9 November 2002….
Investing in business continuity: Optimising the utility of source code escrow arrangements
Alex Mitchell and Andrea Ruggieri of Baker & McKenzie emphasise the importance of having an effective source code escrow strategy….
Strategic Alliances in IT
Kit Burden of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert seeks to investigate some of the drivers for such alliances and highlight the key issues likely to arise….
Market Definition in the Computer Industry
Cento G. Veljanovski, a leading expert on issues relating to competition and regulatory economics, examines the computer sector….
Mapping the Future – Information Overload
Kevin Aires of IBM and Hazel Raw of v-lex join forces to muse on the implications of the latest developments in GPS and intrusive communications….
Direct Marketing – the Ins and Outs
Marly Didizian and Suzanne Rodway of Linklaters examine direct marketing and unsolicited communications in depth….
Service Contracts: New Forms of Liability
Little has been made in the IT law world of some recent case-law that has nonetheless caused great controversy in the ordinary law of contract. Richard Stephens of Masons looks at some aspects of this law and notes how it could apply in particular to outsourcing contracts (or indeed to any other service contract). Of concern also is the impact on words and phrases commonly used in drafting limits and exclusions of liability…
Morgan and Stedman on Computer Contracts by
Hazel Raw reviews the established work on computer contracts….
Interview with John Yates
Laurence Eastham interviewed John Yates of v-lex, the SCL Joint Chairman, about his interest in IT law, his career and his plans for SCL’s future….