Time to Drop the Bomb?
Software bombs have been commonplace in the IT industry for many years. Tim Sewart addresses a question asked of him on a number of occasions: are they legal?…
Litigation & DR
Police, Camera, Action!
VIPER, the new video ID parade system launched in March by Home Secretary David Blunkett, has been described as the largest video editing facility in the world. Andy Hogben of Quadrant Visual Solutions, one of the original members of the ‘VIPER’s nest’ which developed the system for West Yorkshire Police, describes the technological hurdles which were overcome during the groundbreaking eight-year project….
E-Business – A Practical Guide to the Law by Amanda C. Brock
A review of a new book from Amanda C. Brock by Helen Hart….
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Challenges to Database Information Retrieval
Catherine Colston looks at the problems with database information retrieval and suggests a way forward….
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Losing Money on Licensing
Software licensing is a fine balancing act. With the change in licensing legislation, the tightrope is getting thinner. Richard Althorp, MD at Sol-Tec, talks about the penalties involved in under licensing and keeping compliant with the law and how you can actually save money if you are over licensing….
Bar Council Knowledge Management Guidelines
The Bar Council has recently published guidelines concerning the incorporation of counsels’ advice to clients into knowledge management systems created by firms of solicitors for their own internal use for the benefit of other clients. Kirsten Houghton of 4 Essex Court explains….
Live Streamed Sex Videos
Angus Hamilton contemplates the legality of live streamed video containing sexual activity in the UK….
Changing your Outsourcing Deal Midstream – the Perils and the Pitfalls
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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The Impact of the Internet on the Provision of Legal Services
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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Neckbytes – Dracula, Computers and Law
Richard Harrison examines the role of technology and the legal profession in Dracula’s English ventures….