It is good to find causes for optimism as the awful realisation dawns that the nights are drawing in. The last couple of weeks produced a few positive reasons to think that IT in the law is making headway, and that SCL’s role is being appreciated. My first source of optimism is the massive rise…
Anne Flanagan looks at international standards on cybercrime compliance and asks what UK laws need to change….
This essay won the SCL Essay Prize for Frazer Hanarahan….
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If it were true, as was once so commonly stated, that the Internet is the Wild West, rough, lawless and just generally dangerous, then I have been playing Wyatt Earp this week. I have been poking my nose into the e-commerce saloon in defence of the sweet virgin consumer, when it was definitely not wanted,…
The US Supreme Court has ruled against Grokster on the use of file-sharing and liability for breach of copyright….
Mike Conradi and Travers Symons look at the problems with click fraud, and ask when a ‘click’ is not a ‘click’….
Shalini Agarwal gives readers the benefit of her perspective on the advantages of outsourcing in India, and the risks….
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Vishal Malhotra provides his expert view on outsourcing and tax strategies for India…
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Ben Horton and Linda Maynard look at what you get from an investment of time and money in KM. This is the fourth in a series of articles on ‘Knowledge for Successful Law Firms’, which is being developed by the SCL Knowledge Management Group. For more on this initiative, see vol 15, issue 2 ‘Will the Real Knowledge Management Please Step Forward!’…
Clive Davies and Owen Williams take a close look at the new regime for public sector contracting….
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