Competition Law Issues in Cloud Computing
Tim Cowen looks at the cloud and the pitfalls associated with it. He reviews the competition issues and highlights the importance of the correct contractual provisions in cloud computing contracts…
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EU Cybersecurity Strategy and Directive
The EU Commission has given details of its cybersecurity plan, designed ‘to protect open internet and online freedom and opportunity’…
SCL Meeting Report: Technology and Dispute Resolution
Chris Eastham reports on the recent meeting of the SCL IT Disputes Group, hosted and sponsored by SNR Denton LLP, where Mr Justice Akenhead gave his views…
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Cybercrime in Ireland – Recent Legislative Developments
Pearse Ryan, Claire O’Brien and Andrew Harbison outline and comment on the new legislation in Ireland which aims to target white collar crime and cybercrime in particular…
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Predictions 2013 and Beyond: IT Lawyers
A set of predictions, mainly from practising IT lawyers but with a few academics too, which range widely but include predictions on the developments expected in IT law….
Binding Corporate Rules for Data Processors
The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has decided to set up a regime for approval of binding corporate rules for data processors…
Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 11, Closing Statements?
These may be the last set of predictions of 2012 – it is hard to predict that far in advance. But we have quality predictions from John Salmon, Pearse Ryan and Stephen Mason and it would be appropriate if SCL President Richard Susskind did indeed turn out to be our last contributor for 2012….
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Certainty in the Cloud
Steve Ross tells us what issues business want dealt with in the European Commission’s standardised terms and conditions for cloud services, and why….
Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 9, Fashionably Late
Here is a mix of predictions from a trio of IT lawyers, a pair of disclosure and legal technology consultants and a web site communications specialist. All have one thing in common – they were a little past deadline. But the online doors to the party are still open, even though the magazine section is closed. These predictions come from David Taylor, Paul Gershlick, Eduardo Ustaran, Tracey Stretton, Rob Jones and Luke Barton….
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Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 6, A Practitioners’ and Academic Mix
Here are some remarkably sound predictions on the future of IT law and related fields from IT lawyers Jane Seager, Simon Deane-Johns, Richard Graham and Toby Headdon and, from the academic world, Monica Horten and Marion Oswald, plus a stimulating suggestion for how SCL might change from regular contributor Alastair Morrison….
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