Teething Troubles with Bluetooth?
Bluejacking, Bluesnarfing and Bluetooth – William Betts has the Blues covered….
Privacy & Data Protection
Iron Laws of Cyberspace The Need for Multidisciplinary Perspectives
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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Current Issues in IT and Communications Law in China
Matthew Murphy gives a resumé of the current legal issues in the world’s most exciting economy….
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History Repeats Itself: Implementation of EU Data Protection Legislation in the Accession Countries
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….
The Impact of E-mail and Technology on Productivity and Efficiency
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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Mandatory Injunctions in IT Disputes
Barristers Michael Douglas QC and Alex Charlton and Ashhurst partner Jeremy Drew join forces to discuss the granting or refusal of mandatory injunctions….
Spam: Where’s the beef?
Hazel Raw of v-lex ltd looks at the menu of spam solutions and asks what lawyers can do to help legitimate marketing companies getting caught in the spam stew….
European Technology Transfer Regulation Embraces Software Licences – but is it all good news?
Duncan Curley and Davina Garrod examine the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation and consider its consequences….
IFCLA Conference
As Nigel Miller observes in his introductory remarks in the full programme for this event, computer law issues are especially likely to cross jurisdictional boundaries and IT lawyers need to know something of the law and practice outside their home jurisdiction to be fully effective. This conference provides an opportunity to acquire that knowledge in…
Think Big. Start Small. Scale Quickly.
The London Solicitors Litigation Association organised a seminar on 26 March called The Impact of IT on the Civil Courts. The aim was to explore “the impact of IT on the process and procedure of the Civil Courts today and in the future”. Chris Dale of Oxford Law and Computing found some glimmers of hope in the detail despite the broken promises of Government. But he feels that it lies in our own hands to move forward – and we can start tomorrow….