Does a commitment to Best Practice mean that law firms should only purchase ‘Best of Breed’ products when choosing their legal software? asks Ian Wimbush, Chairman of the Legal Software Suppliers’ Association. Or can a one-box solution offer many of the same advantages?…
David Chaplin reports on the SCL half-day seminar on ‘Getting the Deal Right – Key Commercial Schedules in Outsourcing Projects’ held on 5 October….
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The SCL Policy Forum just finished and Annual Conference just to come give effect to our IT law “community”….
Back from our holidays but there’s lots of SCL events to look forward to….
The Court of Appeal has ruled that there is an arguable case to suggest that Article 5 of the Trade Mark Directive does not exclude the defences based on Articles 28 and 30 of the EC Treaty where it is shown that the proprietor of a trade mark has adopted practices which distort trade within the single market. The Court set aside a previous ruling granting Oracle summary judgment….
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Andrew Charlesworth introduces the SCL 5th Annual Policy Forum – ‘The Future of Open’ which is to be held on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 September 2010 at the offices of Herbert Smith LLP, London….
Jon Bloor thinks that the enthusiastic reaction of many lawyers to the iPad may have to be tempered by a cool reflection on the dangers for data security that its adoption may entail….
SCL’s Annual Conference on 15 and 16 October will be focusing on software. It will consider many of the issues of central concern to IT lawyers. Laurence Eastham reviews the Conference programme….
Plain English consultant Daphne Perry reviews the latest StyleWriter style-checker software….
Susan Mann offers a current view of data transfer between the EEA and USA, examining the cultural and philosophical divides. She looks at Safe Harbor, Binding Corporate Rules and Model Contractual Clauses….
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