Opening up the CAN-SPAM Act
Jeffrey D. Sullivan & Michael B. de Leeuw, two New York based specialists give us the perspective of US lawyers on the CAN-SPAM Act….
Publishing & social media
Case Management, Change Management, Culture and Control
Paul Heritage-Redpath knows that it takes more than technology to create a technological solution….
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“Did you mean?”
VeriSign has dropped its contentious new service but Simon Chapman wonders whether the crucial issue has been missed….
Playing Canute with Defamation Law
Jessica Hendrie-Liaño focuses on the uncertainties which English defamation laws pose for ISPs….
Building your own PC: a quick How To
Richard Stephens explains how to build your own PC, and asks why you would want to….
The Rise of the Blog – Legal Risks and Liability
Paul Barton and Viv Nissanka of Field Fisher Waterhouse’s IT & E-Commerce Group discuss the legal risks and potential liabilities involved in publishing a “blog” for a business….
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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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Gloom, doom and Gutnick
The implications of Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick [1] are reviewed by Megan Macgregor, Senior Lawyer, and Mark Vincent, Managing Partner, of Griffins Information Technology and Intellectual Property Lawyers. [2]…
Targus Stowaway Keyboard for Compaq iPAQ
Ian Jeffery of Lewis Silkin reviews his favourite computer peripheral….
Businessam
Laura Gordon of Boyds gives an account of the recent Scottish case of Bonnier Media v Greg Lloyd Smith. The case concerned an international trading name dispute and the use of a domain name. She also looks at the latest developments in the tale and the case’s implications….