Prepare for European Data Protection Reform
Richard Graham reviews the likely targets for data protection reform and suggests that it is time to get ready to meet the challenges reform will bring…
Publishing & social media
2012 Predictions 2: Discovery Divinations and Much More
Today’s cheeky taster from the predictions chocolate assortment is a melange of forecasts from three men with special e-disclosure expertise, but it goes beyond e-disclosure to offer undertones of praline and a strong after-taste of essence of law firm practice. Read the predictions of Andrew Haslam, Mike Taylor and Charles Holloway….
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2012 Predictions 1: Forecast Foretaste
Advent Sunday has come and gone so perhaps it is not too soon to open the first window of the advent calendar and consume the first morsel. Maybe it is too soon, but I could wait no longer. There are many more to come….
Ofcom’s Approach to Net Neutrality
Ofcom has published a document setting out its approach to net neutrality issues….
4.74 Degrees and the Net Curtain
4.74 degrees is not the Three Degrees putting on weight but refers to new research on Facebook connections. And it matters if you are serious about using social media to prosper and survive….
Virtual Conferences
There comes a point where virtual reality is a pale imitation of the real world….
Editorial
Recent contacts with recruiters and IT lawyers have led me to think that, at a time of great uncertainty for the legal professions and a broadly pessimistic outlook for the world economy, the future for IT lawyers looks bright. Recruiters are struggling to find suitably qualified lawyers for positions at all sorts of different levels,…
Internet Infringement of Personality Rights: ECJ Judgment
In a new ruling, the ECJ finds that victims of infringements of personality rights by means of the internet may bring actions before the courts of the Member State in which they reside in respect of all of the damage caused. But the operator of an internet website covered by the e-commerce directive cannot be made subject, in that State, to stricter requirements than those provided for by the law of the Member State in which it is established…
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Creating an Online Legal Tool
Laurence Eastham talked to two new entrants in the still emerging field of online solutions to legal problems for consumers. Tom Hiskey and Rob Blake are the founders of The Law Wizard, the company behind forthcoming online probate tool The Probate Wizard. Tom is a probate lawyer who resigned from his job as a practising solicitor in the Yorkshire region to start The Law Wizard with Rob. Rob provides the technical vision – he is a specialist in cloud computing and system development….
Litigation Trends: Privacy, Data Protection & E-Disclosure
The Fulbright & Jaworski 2011 Litigation Trends Survey has some interesting insights on privacy, data protection and e-disclosure….
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