Challenges to Database Information Retrieval
Catherine Colston looks at the problems with database information retrieval and suggests a way forward….
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Privacy & Data Protection
E-Business Basics for Law Firms
Keith Arrowsmith reviews the latest offering from Christina Archbold….
SCL – THIRD ANNUAL IT LAW CONFERENCE
John Yates explains how “fun” and ” IT law” will go together at the SCL Conference to be held in Bath on 14th and 15th November….
Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Checklist
Jeremy Holt of Clark Holt has compiled a checklist of points to be considered before a commercial message is sent to a target….
Solutions Snippets!
Cyber-Risks specialist, Rupert Kendrick, highlights some practical IT solutions for lawyers and law firms. E-mail: RupertKendrick@aol.com…
Bar Council Knowledge Management Guidelines
The Bar Council has recently published guidelines concerning the incorporation of counsels’ advice to clients into knowledge management systems created by firms of solicitors for their own internal use for the benefit of other clients. Kirsten Houghton of 4 Essex Court explains….
Securing the Security Standard
In the light of recent reports that the DTI is considering imposing the ISO17799 information security management standard as mandatory, IT & E-commerce lawyers Nigel Wildish and Viv Nissanka of Field Fisher Waterhouse argue the case for compliance….
Changing your Outsourcing Deal Midstream – the Perils and the Pitfalls
John C. Buyers, a Director in KLegal’s London Technology Department, examins the legal effect of haphazard changes which take place in the real world to the carefully crafted contracts which underpin outsourcing. He also indicates the best approach to avoiding such disasters….
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The Impact of the Internet on the Provision of Legal Services
Technological developments are often launched amid a barrage of publicity about how they will change our lives. Many fail to live up to the initial hype. The Internet is one technological development which has fully matched (and exceeded) initial expectations. It has fundamentally altered the way in which we do business and is now a core facility used in everyday business life. Jonathan Maas looks at how the Internet has been and is being used to change the way in which legal services are provided and considers how it may change working practices in the future, how it affects lawyer/client relationships and what opportunities it offers for law firms to deliver services more effectively….
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Trends in Outsourcing from a Legal Perspective
Outsourcing is of major importance commercially, and especially important in the IT sector. Outsourcing as a business practice has grown rapidly over the last decade. Bill Jones of Wragge & Co considers current trends in outsourcing from a legal perspective….
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