Gillian Cordall of Maclay Murray & Spens LLP gives us her round-up of a resoundingly successful SCL Conference….
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The Annual Conference of the Society for Computers & Law…
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Renzo Marchini reports on the recent Court of Appeal decision on David Paul Johnson v The Medical Defence Union Limited [2007] EWCA Civ 262…
You need to know about Web 2.0, and soon. It is the future – but it is very much now too. SCL has launched a new Conference that will help you ‘get’ Web 2.0….
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Nick Mathys reports on Dearlove v Combs, in which the High Court considered whether Sean Combs (a.k.a. ‘P. Diddy’) had already breached his high-profile settlement agreement…
In a fascinating judgment, albeit its fascination lies more in schadenfreude than legal analysis, Mr Justice Kitchin expresses the view that, however free from restraint they are alleged to be, MySpace and YouTube can be controlled by the High Court….
Justin Patten looks at the coming wave of change for organisations and offers the board with which to ride it – namely his suggestions on how to prosper in an age of collaboration and social media….
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Sheffield Wednesday Football Club¡¦s recent high profile court case against the owner of online fan forum Owlstalk, which considered the issue of when web-hosts and ISPs are liable for defamatory content posted by a third party, demonstrates that this is a question which is becoming increasingly pertinent in the digital age. The rules governing liability…
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Each year we ask a selection of IT law and legal technology experts for their predictions for the coming year. These are the collected predictions. Those most recently added appear first in this format….
Andrew Joyce gives his illuminating account of the recent House of Lords judgment in Jameel v Wall Street Journal. This is a case which has a real impact on all engaged in responsible journalism, whether online or in print. But online publishers, driven by new time constraints and with worldwide vulnerability for defamation, must pay it special attention….