Technology Outsourcing A Practitioner’s Guide
James Catchpole LLM reviews Technology Outsourcing: A Practitioners’s Guide, edited by John Angel (Law Society Publishing – £79.95)…
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Intellectual Property
E-disclosure
In early November 2003, Mark Humphries, Neil Mirchandani and Sanjay Bhandari, members of the Commercial Litigators’ Forum (the CLF), published a working paper dealing with the disclosure of electronic evidence in commercial dispute resolution. The paper can be accessed via the CLF’s Web site, but the main issues addressed in the paper are examined here by Neil Mirchandani….
Forensic Readiness – Enabling a Corporate Approach to Digital Evidence
Trying to react to an incident by gathering all the digital evidence is difficult. Dr. Rob Rowlingson of QinetiQ explains how proper preparation can ease the burden….
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Human Factors in Information Security
Gary Hinson of IsecT Ltd lays out the case for managing the human side of information security just as carefully as the technical side….
IT and the London Civil Courts
I have been interested in the interface between technology and the courts for 18 years. For the last three years I have been the Judge in charge of Modernisation, representing the judiciary on the small Court Service board which is driving the £300 million court modernisation programme forward. And since the beginning of October I…
Distance selling and IT suppliers
Mike Butler of Hammonds draws attention to the latest consultation paper and draft guidance from the OFT….
Open source software and WIPO
A debate is raging in the software industry at the moment between supporters of open source software, who argue for maximum disclosure of software code, and suppliers of proprietary software, who jealously guard access to their source code. As many organisations in both the private and public sectors look to open source software as a reliable and flexible solution to their needs, the proprietary software industry looks increasingly under threat. Caroline Barton of Field Fisher Waterhouse discusses the conflict….
Internet Auctions, Agency and Consumer Rights
Online auction sites have grown in popularity. James Mitchell looks at the legal status of these sites by drawing a comparison with ‘physical’ auctions. His article also highlights differences, considers the formation and effect of contracts in this process, especially the legal position and remedies of unhappy buyers and the jurisdictional issues….
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CM = KM OK?
Chris Spencer wonders if mundane software can have a Knowledge Management function….
Dot.com Survivor!
The Fourth “Nothing. But.The. Net” Conference drew crowds in Edinburgh….