David Cran and Paul Joseph report on the important High Court judgment in SAS v WPL and analyse the effect of the ruling and the questions referred to the Court of Justice….
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A new survey suggests lawyers are struggling to cope with the increasing volume of ESI. But also reveals increased awareness of the technologies that can help them cope….
Mike Taylor offers a litigator’s guide to buying e-disclosure services…
Clive Freedman summarises a recent case where it was alleged that data had been deleted and all traces of recoverable data destroyed….
Back from our holidays but there’s lots of SCL events to look forward to….
Centrica v Accenture Appeal Judgment In the Court of Appeal, Longmore LJ has given a resounding endorsement to the trial judge’s findings in the case generally referred to as Centrica v Accenture and more properly cited as GB Gas Holdings Limited v (1) Accenture (UK) Limited, (2) Accenture SCA, (3) Accenture International SARL, (4) Accenture…
I am only too well aware that my blog posts and editorials often focus on the negative. And very often the negative that I focus on originates in Brussels or Luxembourg. So it is a particular pleasure to be impressed by recent developments and a special surprise (to me at least) that the developments which…
The Court of Appeal has ruled that there is an arguable case to suggest that Article 5 of the Trade Mark Directive does not exclude the defences based on Articles 28 and 30 of the EC Treaty where it is shown that the proprietor of a trade mark has adopted practices which distort trade within the single market. The Court set aside a previous ruling granting Oracle summary judgment….
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Bryan King considers the statutory and regulatory compliance issues surrounding legal e-billing…
The EU Commission consultation on e-commerce really is a big deal and the questions tell us a good deal about the areas of likely regulatory change….