‘Knowledge Management’ is an expression that has been around in law firms for a while now, but the term is often confined to organisation within the firm of its internal legal know-how. In this article we explore the use of knowledge management techniques to disseminate knowledge about clients to all within the firm who need…
Thanks to the Impact blog and the IPKAT for drawing this site’s attention to the action brought by the RIAA against one Jeffrey Howell for ‘just’ copying CDs from disk to disk (CD to computer). The Washington Post has the story here but the reaction is at least as interesting as the story itself. And…
My first prediction is that SCL members are in for a bumper year. Even if your stocking was not filled with all that you hoped, I am sure that SCL will more than make up for the fact that the feverishly anticipated wii turned out to be socks. With lots of plans afoot for a…
From Roger Bickerstaff, Partner at Bird & Bird and SCL Trustee: www.twobirds.com 1. I predict an increasing focus on open source software in the business applications environment for major corporate users – not for cost or ideological reasons but more for vendor independence reasons. Open source gives major corporate users an opportunity to develop and…
From Chris Dale, consultant specialising in litigation support and e-discovery: www.chrisdalelawyersupport.co.uk/ A judge strikes out a Statement of Case because the party has failed to comply with the disclosure requirements of the Practice Direction to Part 31 CPR. The Court of Appeal upholds the decision, finding that the judge acted proportionately and within his management…
From Charles Christian, the editor of the industry newsletter Legal Technology Insider Industry news is going to be the big thing in 2008. Will the IRIS Legal group (which now encompasses the old AIM, Laserform, Mountain and Videss businesses, as well as the Bar supplier Meridian) convince the market that its future strategy – including…
According to a new survey published by Kroll Ontrack, there is a serious hole in the plethora of policies relating to corporate risk. The Kroll Ontrack survey of in-house lawyers finds that less than half of organisations (48% in the UK, 43% US) have a strategy or policy in place on how to deal with…
From Simon Briskman, a partner in the Technology Law Group at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP: www.ffw.com US corporations will lobby Europe to simplify privacy laws, allowing smarter Web advertising. We will also see new Web 2.0 entrants causing valuation jitters for current platform owners. Joost and other peer-to-peer solutions will spread, whilst applications such as…
The recent events at HMRC have thrown the issue of data security into sharp focus. This article will examine some of the key technological and social drivers, which are underpinning the increasing focus of the media and the legislators on the issue of data security. I will also examine the ICO’s current guidance on the…
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SCO Group, Inc. (SCO) is a US corporation primarily known for the development and distribution of products based on the UNIX System V (UNIX SVRx) operating systems. By 2003 the open source operating system Linux had become a serious competitor to UNIX and, in an apparent attempt to derive revenue from Linux users and, ultimately,…
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