Due Diligence in a Cloud Environment
Tania Williams highlights some of the key areas that customers should consider as part of their cloud computing due diligence exercise…
Intellectual Property
Anti-competitive Behaviour and Neutral Search Results
James Grimmelmann weighs up the investigation into Google’s practices by the EU Commission and the technological realities of search. He sees dangers flowing from oversimplification of the complexities of search….
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The Defamation Bill: A Fair Balance?
The Defamation Bill includes proposals of major interest to many advising web sites and involved in any form of hosting and publishing online. Andrew Tibber looks at the crucial proposals….
Patent Wars
Sometimes so confusing that it might well pertain to a Galaxy far, far away, the ongoing complexities of the litigation over smartphone patents leave many at a loss. John D. McGonagle offers a strategic overview of the smartphone ‘patent wars’…
ICO: Updated Cookie Guidance
The ICO has issued updated guidance on cookies consent, reflecting its 26 May deadline for compliance…
Back to Basics: Termination of IT Contracts
Duncan McCall QC and Adam Temple look at the rudiments of non-consensual termination for cause…
SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd: Report and Analysis
David Cran and Louise Williams consider this major CJEU judgment and its implications…
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Monetary Penalty for NHS Trust
An NHS trust has had to pay a monetary penalty of £90,000 for a breach of the Data Protection Act 1998….
Outsourcing and TUPE
Rex Parry and Philip Davies consider how outsourcing may be affected by a new EAT TUPE decision that has obvious implications across the board, including for those in the IT sector…
Database Right: Latest High Court Judgment
The High Court has given judgment in a dispute about the use of online sports data relating to football matches…