Adam Westbrooke argues the importance of data tagging but explains that its importance does not dictate that it must be complex….
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LSSA Research: Drivers for Change
The Legal Software Suppliers Association has commissioned a new survey in an attempt to establish what the drivers for change in law and technology are likely to be in the coming years…
Editorial
Claim CPD for reading Computers & Law From February next year you will be able to transform the time you spend reading Computers & Law into CPD. This new member benefit will be available with the launch of the revamped SCL Web site, scheduled for release at the end of January 2006. The CPD scheme…
Taxation Incentives for IT Companies in Ireland
Philip Nolan and Suzanne Carter review the taxation attractions for IT companies in Ireland….
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Knowledge of Your Clients
Duncan Ogilvy and Elizabeth West examine the use of KM tools and techniques to maximise the commercial advantage from knowledge about clients. This is the last in the series of articles on “Knowledge for Successful Law Firms”, which have been developed by the SCL Knowledge Management Group. For more on that initiative, see vol 15, issue 2 ‘Will the Real Knowledge Management Please Step Forward!’….
MVNOs and 3G – The Future of Resale?
Paul Foley and Davina Garrod consider the impact of a new breed, mobile virtual network operators, and their impact on the market. They also consider some of the legal issues to which transactions concerning them give rise….
Court of Appeal Cuts Back the Legal Protection for Databases
Sally Hui and Simon Stokes comment on the implications of the rulings in BHB v William Hill, the long running case which completed its final furlong in the Court of Appeal in July….
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PISCES: The Way Forward
Laurence Eastham spoke to Roger De Boehmler, Director General of PISCES (the Property Information Systems Common Exchange Standard), about the future of the standard and the barriers in the way of a further acceleration in progress….
Sedona Comes to Cambridge
Clive Freedman reports on the inaugural conference of the Working Group formed to consider issues relating to international electronic information management, discovery and disclosure…
Editorial
It is good to find causes for optimism as the awful realisation dawns that the nights are drawing in. The last couple of weeks produced a few positive reasons to think that IT in the law is making headway, and that SCL’s role is being appreciated. My first source of optimism is the massive rise…