The new draft Practice Direction on e-disclosure included a draft questionnaire on ESI sources. A newly published judgment from Senior Master Whitaker includes the questionnaire and constitutes the first known example of its use as one element in case management. It has yet to be adopted by the Rule Committee and had not previously been published for voluntary use….
EU Competition Round-up
Microsoft and Yahoo, browser choice day and Google complaints – it’s been a busy time for EU competition lawyers with an IT interest…
The Tale of the Doomed IT Contract: A Report on the IT Contract Update seminar
David Chaplin reports on the SCL’s Contract Update seminar hosted by Wragge & Co on 24 February…
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Questions and Issues relating to the SCL Lecture 2010
The SCL Lecture 2010 from Samuel Mani Kallupurakal, Head of Legal at Infosys Technologies, will give its audience an opportunity to listen to a man with a unique perspective that will inform your views of India and its law, and outsourcing practice in particular. This blog gives SCL members the opportunity to raise issues and questions that they would like to see covered….
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Google Employees Convicted in Italy
An Italian judge has found four Google employees guilty of breaches of the Italian privacy code in relation to a video showing abuse which was posted onto Google Video…
ACTA Negotiations and ‘Three Strikes’: EDPS Questions Legitimacy of Proposals
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published a report raising concerns about the EU’s negotiations to stop counterfeiting and the ‘three strikes’ rule….
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Why the SABAM v Tiscali Questions Matter
In the latest development in the long-running dispute between SABAM and Tiscali, the questions from the Belgian court to the ECJ have been published. Chris Watson, Tom Scourfield and Scott Fairbairn explain why those questions, and of course their answers, might matter to you….
Guiding Principles for Technology Investment in Law Firms
Based on a great deal of experience in implementing new technology in law firms, and faced with another implementation affecting the interface between fee earners and accounting staff, Tiffany Dutton and Barbara Preston share the ten guiding principles that they have crystallised from their experience. They say that these are the ten unshakeable principles that should be the foundation of the implementation of any new technology in law firms….
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Trends: E-disclosure and Legal Practice in the Recovery Position
Triggered by positive feelings following LegalTech 2010, Chris Dale offers his reflections on an impending upswing, bringing opportunities for litigation software and services suppliers. Developments in e-disclosure give the clue to how law firms can make the most of better times ahead….
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A Lack of Direction
Sometimes even the best navigators need an extra pointer. In the terra nova that is e-disclosure, we need as many as we can get….