Biometric Technology and Privacy Issues
Marcus Turle reviews the implications of the increasing adoption of biometric technology….
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Driving Performance through Service Levels
Service levels are one part of an outsourcing contract which can too easily get neglected. Sam Parr explores the various challenges that service levels can give rise to and suggests ways in which users of outsourced services might meet those challenges….
Point v Focus: No focus and no point?
The Court of Appeal has ruled on a claim about independent design of software, in a case which, rather bizarrely, flirts with allegations of copying without there being any actual allegation of copying….
When are Web Hosts Liable for Defamatory Content?
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club¡¦s recent high profile court case against the owner of online fan forum Owlstalk, which considered the issue of when web-hosts and ISPs are liable for defamatory content posted by a third party, demonstrates that this is a question which is becoming increasingly pertinent in the digital age. The rules governing liability…
Read More… from When are Web Hosts Liable for Defamatory Content?
Outsourcing Contracts: What Role Do (Should) Lawyers Play?
Richard Stephens and Mari Sako explain about a new initiative which aims to provide a real understanding of the role of contracts and lawyers in promoting effective outsourcing relationships….
Read More… from Outsourcing Contracts: What Role Do (Should) Lawyers Play?
Predictions 2007
Each year we ask a selection of IT law and legal technology experts for their predictions for the coming year. These are the collected predictions. Those most recently added appear first in this format….
Public Sector – Private Challenge: IT and the Public Sector
Hazel Randall reports on the SCL 6th Annual Conference held on 24 and 25 November at the Oxford Hotel, Oxford….
Read More… from Public Sector – Private Challenge: IT and the Public Sector
MiFID – IT and Operations
Yuban Moodley and Ash Saluja summarise the key principles of MiFID, and set out areas of relevance to IT and operations contracts in the financial services sector and look at the implications of outsourcing….
Interview with Bill Jones, SCL’s Chair
After a period acting as SCL’s Joint Chair with Richard Stephens, Bill Jones has now accepted a period of office as SCL’s sole Chair. Laurence Eastham interviewed him for the magazine….
SCL AGM: Changes in SCL Trustees and Chair
SCL AGM: Changes in SCL Trustees and Chair…