Making Privacy a Competitive Advantage
The 14th Annual Privacy Laws & Business Conference was held once again, at St. John’s College, Cambridge over three full days in early July….
Telecoms & the Internet
Internet Interest Group: Cybercrime
The two speakers at the meeting were Steven Philippsohn, of Philippsohn Crawfords Berwald, and DS Clive Blake, from the Computer Crime Unit of Scotland Yard. This report from Delia Venables is a distillation of both their talks; the ideas are theirs, but she claims responsibility for any errors….
Information Technology and Human Rights: An International Perspective
The following article is developed from a lecture given by W.S. Gale QC to the Scottish Society for Computers & Law at the joint meeting with the Faculty of Advocates IT Group in Edinburgh….
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SCL Thames Valley Group: Secure Domain Name Management
Ben Goodger reports on the Thames Valley Group meeting which took place on 13 June….
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Database Right: Publishers’ Delight
Ian Jeffrey thinks that database right is proving to be even more important than predicted. This article looks at the scope of the right and applies it in a number of commonly occurring scenarios….
.dash
The advent of seven new top level domains has created an unprecedented dash for registration, as examined here by Jonathan Ebsworth and Giles Bennett….
Internet Privacy: Inroads into Assumptions
In February the case of Totalise Plc v Motley Fool Limited went almost without mention. Joanne Ashley describes why she finds this surprising and briefly considers the implications of this case….
Time For Performance in IT Contracts
There is probably no single aspect of IT projects that creates more confusion, disputes, and ultimately litigation, than the question of contractual time for performance. Duncan McCall and Ben Pilling of 4 Pump Court tackle the problem.
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Case Report: Thomas Kirk v Procurator Fiscal, Kirkcaldy
Case Report: Thomas Kirk v Procurator Fiscal, Kirkcaldy High Court of Justiciary; Opinion in the Court of Criminal Appeal…
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A Basic KM System using Outlook
A basic knowledge management system can be set up just using tools a firm
already has, without having to buy in expensive packages. This article from Kwan
Hon, Banking and Information Lawyer at Sidley & Austin, explains how, using
an applic…