Are you paralysed with anxiety when faced with electronic evidence issues? Do you give into temptation and just bring in an expert and stop thinking about it? Jan Collie focuses on the practical and suggests a more mature approach for lawyers to take….
Robert Buchan and Shaun Gibson highlight key differences in procedures and remedies in an article aimed at enlightening the English (and Welsh) lawyer about IT litigation and dispute resolution in Scotland….
Read More… from The Scottish Alternative for IT Dispute Resolution
Reflections on the recent Kroll Ontrack survey and the lack of fear of sanctions among the unprepared…
A nutritious and meaty second course for the predictions banquet – predictions from Beverley Flynn, Professor Chris Reed, Susan Atkinson, Toby Crick and Carrie Reevy. If you want to contribute your signature dish to the predictions buffet, time is running out. Only predictions submitted by 12 December can feature in the forthcoming magazine….
The Court of Appeal has published the latest in a long line of judgments that affect the database right and copyright in football fixtures etc…
Read More… from Football Dataco Ltd v Yahoo: Court of Appeal Judgment Published
Advocate General Jääskinen considers that eBay is generally not liable for trade mark infringements committed by its users on its electronic marketplace. However, if eBay has been notified of the infringing use of a trade mark, and the same user continues or repeats that infringement, eBay may be held liable for it….
In a volume litigation claim in the Patents County Court, where ACS Law were acting for the claimants, applications for default judgment against unnamed defendants have been refused. Light, and doubt, have been cast on the basis of claim insofar as it rests on ‘allowing infringement’….
Read More… from File-sharing: ‘Allowing Infringement’ and Default Judgment
I challenge readers to come up with the best way of marrying iterative development methodolgies to IT contracts…
According to Kroll Ontrack’s Fourth Annual Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Survey, there are plenty of organisations creating policies but few are making full use of the tools and technologies available to address ESI challenges….
Read More… from ESI and E-disclosure Survey: Policies without Tools
Scottish Society for Computers and Law Chairman, Iain G. Mitchell QC has been appointed as the next United Kingdom representative on the IT Committee of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe for a period of three years….
Read More… from Iain G Mitchell QC appointed to Leading Role at CCBE