Everybody is in favour of free speech. But the harsh reality is that public order and totally free speech do not go together. And while it is hard to divest the concept of public order from its, sometimes well deserved, public image of uniforms, truncheons and repression, the reality is that almost everybody is in…
CPD Online: October / November 2012 Edition of Computers & Law Magazine
Questions arising from the October / November 2012 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL53 – 1 hour 30 minutes…
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CPD Online: SCL Policy Forum – Cloud Computing 2012
Questions arising from the SCL Forum’s Cloud Computing Session, based on the contributions made by Professor Chris Reed, Dr Jonathan Cave, Tim Cowen and Professor Nico Van Eijk. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course Code HW/SFCL54. 1.5 hours of CPD…
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Playground Appleology – Updated
The High Court ordered Apple to post a notice on its UK web site making it clear that there was a judgment to the effect that Samsung had not infringed the Apple design right. The Court of Appeal supported that ruling. Apple posted a statement to that effect – sort of. Now the Court has reprimanded them for the nature of their notice and made them do it again…
A Yawning Gap in CPD?
It is that time of year when some solicitors can look at their CPD records with horror and realise that there is a yawning gap. SCL’s CPD Online is the answer for SCL members looking to comply, and be genuinely better informed too….
SCL Conference Report: IT Law Hot Topics 2012
Helen Hart reports on Tuesday’s SCL Annual Conference ‘IT Law Hot Topics 2012: The IT law you need for 2013’…
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Browsergate: EU Commission Statement of Objections to Microsoft
In yet another development in the long-running dispute over the bundling of Internet Explorer in the various Microsoft operating systems, the EU Commission sent a formal Statement of Objections to Microsoft on 24 October in relation to alleged non-compliance with the agreed browser choice commitments…
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Mergers: Commission Approves Tech Data Europe Acquisition
The EU Commission has approved the acquisition of Specialist Computer Holding’s IT distribution business by Tech Data Europe…
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CPD Online: SCL Policy Forum Keynote – Professor Ian Walden
Questions arising from the SCL Forum’s Keynote Presentation from Professor Ian Walden entitled ‘A Brave New World of Communications Regulation? Thoughts on the future after Leveson’. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course Code HW/SFCL51. 1.5 hours of CPD…
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Privacy’s Greatest Threat and How to Overcome It
Phil Lee makes his observations on the regulation of privacy and closes with a rallying call for technology-neutral, proportionate legislation that delivers meaningful data protection in practice….
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