ICO Audits: Private Sector Leads the Way
The ICO has published reports summarising the outcomes of audits carried out over the last two years…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Cloud Computing vs Traditional Outsourcing – Key Differences
Kuan Hon and Christopher Millard particularise the many faces of cloud computing and warn of the dangers of pretending that each matches old outsourcing profiles when determining how to regulate….
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Ten Ways to Reduce Costs in IT Litigation and Arbitration
Follow these sound tips from David Blunt QC and Terence Bergin to keep costs under control, and keep clients happy (or as happy as litigating clients can be)….
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ICO Guidance on the Cloud
The ICO has acted to remind businesses of data responsibilities as more look to cloud computing to process personal information…
Social Networks and Legal Practice
So why does Facebook and for that matter LinkedIn work so well whereas businesses and especially law practices can struggle to use the same technology for internal social networks…
Kilted Contractual Remedies – Compelling Performance
Iain Rutherford and Martin Sloan explain the contractual remedies available in Scotland, for the particular benefit of English IT lawyers. They also think that there are grounds for considering Scots law when determining choice of law….
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SCL Meeting Report: Effective Ways of Using New Technology in Delivering Legal Services
Claire Andrews reports on the recent meeting of the SCL Knowledge Management Group on ‘Effective ways of using new technology in delivering legal services’, hosted at the London office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP on 11 September 2012….
Copyright in the Real World
Neelie Kroes may call for copyright reform for the EU in the digital age but can she, or anyone else, deliver?…
Project Manager’s Liability
Simon Weinberg and Paul Gershlick offer a cautionary tale for project managers arising from the judgment in Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey Trust v Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited in the TCC…
Legal Issues for App Developers
Kathryn Rogers considers the main legal concerns for the ever-growing army of app developers…