William Dutton reviews a series of well known IT legal aphorisms from the perspective of a social scientist. This is an edited version of his Keynote Address to the IFCLA Conference in July….
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Food for Thought This issue begins to reflect the July IFCLA Conference by including a selection of the papers which were presented there. I hope to include some of the other outstanding papers, both within these pages and on the SCL Web site, over the next few months. Some of the ideas which were raised…
Matthew Murphy gives a resumé of the current legal issues in the world’s most exciting economy….
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Although the accession countries have been swift to implement the data protection and e-privacy directives, a large majority have failed to implement them correctly in a number of important respects. Ironically, the areas of greatest departure are the same areas the Commission identified last year as the areas where the original 15 Member States had also fallen down. In a number of cases, the deficiencies are so great that the EU Member States are vulnerable to enforcement action by the EU Commission for failure to implement the directives as required. Richard Cumbley and Tanguy Van Overstraeten of Linklaters explain….
Craig Earnshaw and Sandeep Jadav reveal the mechanics of e-mail tracing….
Barristers Michael Douglas QC and Alex Charlton and Ashhurst partner Jeremy Drew join forces to discuss the granting or refusal of mandatory injunctions….
Glen Davis reviews this book by Paul Nihoul and Peter Rodford, published by Oxford University Press, 856pp, £125….
An updated draft, with the crucial appendices, is now available….
Victoria Moore’s experience at City firms and as senior in-house counsel gave her an absorbing interest in what firms and partners must do in order to make technology work for them and to deliver legal services to increasingly demanding and sophisticated clients….
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Clive Davies of Olswang considers what partnering really means and how, in contractual terms, it can best be achieved….
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