Does Your Domain Name Suck?
Anna Feros of Shepherd & Wedderburn looks at the WIPO attitude to the use of ‘sucks’ domain names, particularly in the light of a recent ruling on a complaint from ASDA….
Litigation & DR
Editorial
“Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket” said George Orwell. But when the stick is taken from the bucket and chases you wherever you go it is much more disturbing. I find myself suffering from the slings and arrows of the Web marketeers on a daily basis. It is bad enough…
Mapping the Future – Information Overload
Kevin Aires of IBM and Hazel Raw of v-lex join forces to muse on the implications of the latest developments in GPS and intrusive communications….
SO YOU THINK YOU’RE PROTECTED?
Brendan Nolan of Waterford Technologies explains the dangers of thinking you are protected from e-mail abuse….
Can Lawyers Make Money out of E-commerce?
John Angel, formerly head of Clifford Chance’s online legal services and now a senior visiting fellow at Queen Mary, University of London, looks at the future prospects for e-commerce in the law. Is it an optional extra? Does it hold the key to future profitability? Or is it just an awkward necessity?…
The Online Sale of Prescription Drugs
Ben Coppin of Envisional Limited looks into the problem highlighted by e-mail invitations to collect weight loss drugs or Viagra online….
Direct Marketing – the Ins and Outs
Marly Didizian and Suzanne Rodway of Linklaters examine direct marketing and unsolicited communications in depth….
e is for Evidence
In September 2002, a new question was added to AmLaw Tech’s survey on the use of IT in the top 200 American law firms. The question was ‘Which electronic evidence vendor do you use to retrieve and organize computer files turned over in discovery’. 75% of the US firms cited a preferred vendor. Adrian Palmer is sure that if the same question were asked of the UK’s legal community, it would most likely remain unanswered, or be confused with those companies that scan paper documents into their litigation support systems….
Electronic Disclosure – The Way Ahead
Over the last century, apart from direct testimony, paper evidence has been the most compelling form of evidence in trying criminal and civil cases. However, with the advent of computers and information technology the dependence on paper documents as the major source of evidence, other than testimony, is changing. The real question, say Chris O’Reilly (Director of International Litigation Support at LDM) and Jason Derting (who owns Pacific Legal), is whether the legal community has kept pace with the phenomenal growth in computer technology and whether it is aware of the significance of computer-generated data in the disclosure process….
Jarndyce case-managed
A digest of an edition of Bleak House updated to take account of modern developments and reforms and to convey the impression that everything in the legal garden is rosy, the fog having been quite swept away. Edited by Richard Harrison…