Martin Lau of Bird & Bird summarises the legal and practical issues surrounding open source software, and suggests some practical approaches….
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Davina Garrod examines the long-running battle between Freeserve and Oftel….
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Delia Venables attended the series of talks on this topic at the LegalTech Solicitors 2003 Conference at the end of May and has expanded her report to cover the topic in a more general way….
IT and copyright breach seem to go together like a horse and carriage. Iain G. Mitchell QC looks at the problem, the technology and the law….
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Sam’s song. I missed writing about the issue before last which was packed with IT contract cases. One of the most interesting comments was Richard Stephens on SAM v Hedley, a case which looked at the legal status of bugs in software, the effect of “entire agreement” clauses and the validity of limitation of liability…
Recent research conducted with 20 leading UK law firms has highlighted a substantial gap between board level expectations of IT and what the IT function can actually deliver. The findings of the research are available as a White Paper; here Chris Wakerley, principal consultant of Boxwood’s technology practice, talks about its key findings….
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Jon Vogler looks at leading texts which help with building a Web site….
John C. Buyers, a Director in KLegal’s London Technology Department, examins the legal effect of haphazard changes which take place in the real world to the carefully crafted contracts which underpin outsourcing. He also indicates the best approach to avoiding such disasters….
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Technological developments are often launched amid a barrage of publicity about how they will change our lives. Many fail to live up to the initial hype. The Internet is one technological development which has fully matched (and exceeded) initial expectations. It has fundamentally altered the way in which we do business and is now a core facility used in everyday business life. Jonathan Maas looks at how the Internet has been and is being used to change the way in which legal services are provided and considers how it may change working practices in the future, how it affects lawyer/client relationships and what opportunities it offers for law firms to deliver services more effectively….
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Outsourcing is of major importance commercially, and especially important in the IT sector. Outsourcing as a business practice has grown rapidly over the last decade. Bill Jones of Wragge & Co considers current trends in outsourcing from a legal perspective….
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