Winston Maxwell, Suzanne Rab and Daphne Monnoyeur report and comment on a meeting of the Online Roundtable on Music where participants agreed on a common roadmap…
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Craig Pouncey and Lode Van Den Hende summarise the recent case of Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (CA/LPFP) and Bwin International Limited v Departamento de Jogos da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (Case 42/07), where the European Court of Justice upheld Portugal’s legislative restrictions on online gaming based in other EU jurisdictions, apparently endorsing a lottery monopoly there. The judgment is likely to have substantial implications for online gaming across the EU….
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In Earles v Barclays Bank plc [2009] EWHC 1 (Mercantile) HHJ Simon Brown QC, a judge with a well deserved reputation for knowing about e-disclosure, has made a number of comments on the failures of the Bank in respect of disclosure and includes considerable criticism of the legal team representing them. The relatively complex claim…
A High Court ruling on the Reynolds defence to libel proceedings highlights the importance of making online versions of published articles fit with later developments…
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The Court of Appeal has overruled the Information Tribunal and held that the Police National Computer (PNC) can hold all the data that the police deem necessary….
They are thinking of sending more data protection offenders to jail. Is the extra porridge really a good idea?…
Julian Gyngell reports an Australian case that illustrates the commercial and legal realities that customers, vendors and service providers in the IT industry need to appreciate….
Alastair Morrison believes that Software as a Service (SaaS) has all the ingredients to appeal to small law firms in the UK. He looks beyond the hype at the information that might enable you to decide if it is right for you….
Scott Vine reports on a US case which makes a radical suggestion on the nature of software ownership. It suggests that a shrinkwrap licence may not prevent resale of software a person ‘owns’….
Of course you know how to use a keyboard mouse and browser to the very pinnacle of efficiency! But W K Hon offers a number of tips to improve your operational efficiency – which you can then pretend you already knew….