The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Rico Calleja analyses the new Act and points out some of its defects and dangers….
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Litigation & DR
The Lawyer’s Role in the Procurement of IT Systems and Services
This article from Clive Davies of D J Freeman examines the different stages of procurement and the strategic issues which need to be considered and the contribution lawyers can make….
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Public Key Infrastructure: The Risks of Being Trusted
Richard Harrison looks at the legal liabilities which might arise under the new regime for cryptography in electronic communications….
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Investing in business continuity: Optimising the utility of source code escrow arrangements (keep this copy)
Alex Mitchell and Andrea Ruggieri of Baker & McKenzie emphasise the importance of having an effective source code escrow strategy….
Successfully Managing the New Data Protection Laws
Robert Waixel reports on the 13th Annual Privacy Laws & Business Conference held in early July….
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Trouble Ahead for E-Commerce
Renuka Kukanesen will shortly be joining the Communications Department of Bird & Bird as an assistant solicitor.
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Data Protection Update
Rosemary Jay is a Senior Consultant at Masons (Manchester) and was formerly Adviser to the Data Protection Registrar. She may be contacted at rosemary.jay@masons.com. Implementation of the Directives The Data Protection Act 1998, the Telecommunication (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 1999 and the various statutory instruments supporting the legislation which had previously been issued in…
Snapshots from Lawtel
As part of our declared aim to keep readers aware of the latest cases, we publish brief case summaries of IT cases reported on Lawtel over the past few months. The full report of Britannia Building Society v Prangley (2000) LTL 12/6/2000, covering domain name disputes, is also included. All of the full reports include…
WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Winterson v Hogarth
James Philip Hutchinson is a graduate who is about to commence the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law.
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Thirteen Steps to a Successful Web Site
Gerald Newman is Deputy Director of Communications at the Law Society…