Data Sharing Code of Practice: SCL Response
The Society for Computers and Law Privacy and Data Protection Group has submitted a stimulating and constructive response to the ICO consultation on the data sharing code of practice…
Litigation & DR
Predictions 2011: IT Law & IT Trends
Each year we ask experts in a wide variety of fields for their views on the likely developments in the year ahead. This is a selection of the predictions published on the SCL web site that relate to IT law or which focus on the trends in IT which are likely to affect IT lawyers…
Predictions 2011: Technology & Strategies for Lawyers – E-disclosure, E-evidence & Forensics
Each year we ask experts in a wide variety of fields for their views on the likely developments in the year ahead. This is a selection of the predictions published on the SCL web site that relate to technological developments that affect legal practice and the forecast changes for e-disclosure, electronic evidence and forensics…
Back to Basics: Dispute Resolution by Expert Determination
Seen with increasing frequency in IT contract disputes, but still too often left in the wings, expert determination has the potential to play a major role in the resolution of IT-related disputes. David Blunt QC and Richard Osborne bring it into the full glare of the spotlight….
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Predictions – Fourth Course
Here is the fourth course in the predictions banquet. There are predictions from Chris Dale, Monica Horten and Mark Turner. Since I dare not allocate anyone to the cheese course, let’s call this coffee and mints or, given the season and the substantial fare that is still on offer, coffee and mince pies….
Software Copyright Infringement by the EU Commission
In a decision as remarkable for its amusement value as for its value as a precedent in law, the General Court has ordered the Commission to pay Systran liquidated damages of over €12 million…
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IT and Abuse of Dominance
The European Commission’s announcement on 30 November of a formal investigation into Google’s search engine services provides a reminder that competition law is a key tool used (and arguably abused) in IT businesses’ battle for competitive advantage. Gustaf Duhs and Jowanna Conboye provide a high-level review of recent developments in the IT sector in relation to abuse of dominance issues and speculate where the law might be heading. The article sets out some key issues that IT practitioners (and businesses) should bear in mind in relation to this issue and includes a summary of competition decisions in Europe from Microsoft onwards, under various key themes and by decision date….
OFT Focuses on Online Issues
The Office of Fair Trading has tackled fake online auction bids and the failure of bloggers to disclose promotional mentions…
Predictions 2011 – Third Course
A sweet and creamy dessert course for the predictions banquet – predictions from Bill Jones, Jane Seager, Peter Birley, Andrew Tibber and Tracey Stretton….
Electronic Evidence – The Right Stuff
Are you paralysed with anxiety when faced with electronic evidence issues? Do you give into temptation and just bring in an expert and stop thinking about it? Jan Collie focuses on the practical and suggests a more mature approach for lawyers to take….