The Conservative Party launched its Technology Manifesto on 11 March. The Manifesto includes a number of proposals of special interest to IT lawyers….
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The case of the dog, the MBA and the fraudulent misrepresentation – David Chaplin reports on a meeting to debate the BSkyB v EDS judgment held at Pinsent Masons on 8 March 2010….
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The controversial Bill has been amended in the course of debates in the House of Lords with a new provision that has caused almost as much of a stir as the original….
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published a report raising concerns about the EU’s negotiations to stop counterfeiting and the ‘three strikes’ rule….
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In the latest development in the long-running dispute between SABAM and Tiscali, the questions from the Belgian court to the ECJ have been published. Chris Watson, Tom Scourfield and Scott Fairbairn explain why those questions, and of course their answers, might matter to you….
Based on a great deal of experience in implementing new technology in law firms, and faced with another implementation affecting the interface between fee earners and accounting staff, Tiffany Dutton and Barbara Preston share the ten guiding principles that they have crystallised from their experience. They say that these are the ten unshakeable principles that should be the foundation of the implementation of any new technology in law firms….
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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has delivered its report on aspects of the Digital Economy Bill and has raised some concerns over the Bill’s provisions….
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You cannot stop the tide. Whatever security nightmares portable data devices bring with them, Andy Cordial believes that employers have to accept that such devices are going to be used. The trick is to control the devices rather than discourage their use….
Ruth Wilson and Roksana Moore contrast e-money success in Japan with e-money disappointment in the EU and ask if we are edging towards a new dawn for e-money in Europe….
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Packed with extra pages and packed with quality – this is also an issue that should make you think. What’s more, you will have to go to the SCL web site to see a number of excellent pieces that did not make it this time around. I claim little of the credit; I have had…