E-disclosure: Spoilt for Choice
Mike Taylor offers a litigator’s guide to buying e-disclosure services…
Litigation & DR
Disclosure: Deleting Deleted Data
Clive Freedman summarises a recent case where it was alleged that data had been deleted and all traces of recoverable data destroyed….
It’s Back to Work We Go!
Back from our holidays but there’s lots of SCL events to look forward to….
IT Lawyers’ Cases in Brief
Centrica v Accenture Appeal Judgment In the Court of Appeal, Longmore LJ has given a resounding endorsement to the trial judge’s findings in the case generally referred to as Centrica v Accenture and more properly cited as GB Gas Holdings Limited v (1) Accenture (UK) Limited, (2) Accenture SCA, (3) Accenture International SARL, (4) Accenture…
Editorial
I am only too well aware that my blog posts and editorials often focus on the negative. And very often the negative that I focus on originates in Brussels or Luxembourg. So it is a particular pleasure to be impressed by recent developments and a special surprise (to me at least) that the developments which…
Parallel Imports and Trade Marks: Oracle v M-Tech
The Court of Appeal has ruled that there is an arguable case to suggest that Article 5 of the Trade Mark Directive does not exclude the defences based on Articles 28 and 30 of the EC Treaty where it is shown that the proprietor of a trade mark has adopted practices which distort trade within the single market. The Court set aside a previous ruling granting Oracle summary judgment….
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E-billing
Bryan King considers the statutory and regulatory compliance issues surrounding legal e-billing…
E-commerce: The Questions that Matter
The EU Commission consultation on e-commerce really is a big deal and the questions tell us a good deal about the areas of likely regulatory change….
The iPad, the Cloud and Data Protection
Jon Bloor thinks that the enthusiastic reaction of many lawyers to the iPad may have to be tempered by a cool reflection on the dangers for data security that its adoption may entail….
Caveat Computer Emptor?
Julie Hamilton summarises and comments on the recent Scottish case of Durkin v DSG Retail, involving a laptop purchase from PC World and a linked credit agreement….