The Home Secretary announced on 10 September that the government has terminated its contract with PA Consulting, following the recent high profile data loss. In addition, Jacqui Smith announced that all contracts signed by the government with private companies are to be reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate. Andrew Rigby of Brodies considers the legal implications of the termination….
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Domain name disputes are frequent, and are frequently entirely unremarkable. Ravi Mohindra sifts through the dross and reports on a selection of the more interesting recent decisions….
The Home Secretary announced on 10 September that the government has terminated its contract with PA Consulting, following the recent high profile data loss. Read the full Ministerial Statement and the statement issued by PA Consulting….
SCL members are asked to contribute to a response to the IPO consultation paper on penalties for copyright infringement. Nick Cunningham is seeking input from members….
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A Montana judge has quashed a subpoena seeking identifying information about online commenters. Although this is a decision on its own facts and in a jurisdiction far away, it may be a guide to the approach taken in the US generally – and that will certainly influence responses worldwide….
The CPD questions relating to the August/September 2008 issue of Computers & Law (SCL online CPD scheme course code HW/SFCL34 – 1 hour)…
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In this highly original analysis, Nicholas Bohm and Joel Harrison take a fresh look, from a very different angle, at the issues that arise from Web profiling. Does it infringe Web site owners’ IPR?…
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Alastair Morrison updates readers on his views on SaaS and considers the possibility that cloud computing will transform the way in which lawyers buy and use IT….
The terms and conditions of use of the new Web browser from Google have been amended following a negative reaction to a first draft that would have caught all rights to users’ content. Laurence Eastham guesses that SCL members will be full of sympathy….
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A recent criminal case leads Laurence Eastham to wonder about what constitutes downloading, and he looks for suggestions from SCL members….