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The advent of seven new top level domains has created an unprecedented dash for registration, as examined here by Jonathan Ebsworth and Giles Bennett….
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Doomed to Fail? – Joint Ventures as a Business Development Tool
Are joint ventures like Hollywood marriages – doomed to fail? Rosemary Downs takes a practical look at the steps that can be taken to increase the chances of success….
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Internet Privacy: Inroads into Assumptions
In February the case of Totalise Plc v Motley Fool Limited went almost without mention. Joanne Ashley describes why she finds this surprising and briefly considers the implications of this case….
Court Orders for the Preservation of Computer Data
Peter Susman QC explains how access to a litigation opponent’s incriminating computer files may be gained….
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Time For Performance in IT Contracts
There is probably no single aspect of IT projects that creates more confusion, disputes, and ultimately litigation, than the question of contractual time for performance. Duncan McCall and Ben Pilling of 4 Pump Court tackle the problem.
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Distance Selling Regulations
This article is an edited version of Susan Singleton’s presentation to the London Group meeting on 30 April….
Data as a Form of Property in Commercial Contracts
In today’s e-commerce-led and IT-dependent business environment, possession and control of data is all important.
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Data Protection Update
There have been a number of interesting developments in data protection andinformation law generally since this column last appeared. Some are not strictlydata protection but are so closely linked that they deserve a mention. The Information Commissioner and the FOIA To start with a change of name: on 30 January, two months after the Freedomof…
A Basic KM System using Outlook
A basic knowledge management system can be set up just using tools a firm
already has, without having to buy in expensive packages. This article from Kwan
Hon, Banking and Information Lawyer at Sidley & Austin, explains how, using
an applic…
Property and Construction: The Law and IT
Sarah D Lane, a solicitor in the Construction Unit of Ledingham Chalmers,
based in their Aberdeen office, reports on the Conference held in Glasgow on 28
February 2001 organised by the Scottish Society for Computers & Law and the
Law Societ…