Simon Halberstam and Raoul Lumb wonder if the regulatory landscape is going to change for game developers in light of ongoing developments in social gaming…
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Helen Hart reports on the recent SCL Thames Valley Group meeting in Reading…
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I was surprised to find that the banking rate fix scandal was a cause of disappointment. But it was….
Alastair Morrison explains that, if you have yet to move away from XP, you will have to fairly soon. He looks at the options that might ease the transition….
With the cookie law already in full swing, Kuan Hon carried out a survey of law firm web sites in mid June. So how are the top London tech law firms doing in complying with the law?…
In a topical development, the ASA has ruled that a Twitter campaign for Nike featuring Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere was contrary to the CAP Code because it was not sufficiently recognisable as advertising. Helen Hart looks at the Code, the rulings to data and the wider guidance to which attention must be paid….
Social media offers many benefits to solicitors but also presents risks and challenges, according to new guidance from the Law Society of Scotland….
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In his excellent article in this issue, Andrew Tibber asks the question ‘The Defamation Bill: A Fair Balance?‘ in his title for the piece. He ends, I think with clause 5 (the web site operators’ defence) in mind, thus: ‘genuine claimants, for whom an initial cease and desist letter to a web site host or…
In this article, which originally appeared as a white paper written for and on behalf of smartlegal.it, Bill Kirby expands on his view that law firms need to look hard at the advantage that they may gain by the use of hosted IT services – and that they need to look at that option now…
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Marion Oswald reviews key provisions in the ICO’s draft code of practice on anonymisation…
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