Documents, Disclosure and Direction
Sandra Potter talked to Laurence Eastham about her initiative in creating and consulting on a draft Practice Direction to cover the use of IT in the litigation of civil matters….
Litigation & DR
SCL 30th Anniversary Lecture: Richard Christou on “Thirty Years of Law in the IT industry”
This event mixed celebration with illumination. A full transcript of the lecture is now available as well as Richard Harrison’s sparkling report of the event….
IT Disputes Interest Group
The Society for Computers and Law has announced the launch of the IT Disputes Interest Group, a forum for lawyers, industry experts, suppliers and users involved in all forms of disputes in the IT industry….
Mediation of IT Disputes: Avoiding the Pitfalls
Have you got a war story from an attempt to negotiate peace? Clive Freeman is looking for input from SCL members to enrich the second meeting of the IT Disputes Group….
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E-disclosure
In early November 2003, Mark Humphries, Neil Mirchandani and Sanjay Bhandari, members of the Commercial Litigators’ Forum (the CLF), published a working paper dealing with the disclosure of electronic evidence in commercial dispute resolution. The paper can be accessed via the CLF’s Web site, but the main issues addressed in the paper are examined here by Neil Mirchandani….
Forensic Readiness – Enabling a Corporate Approach to Digital Evidence
Trying to react to an incident by gathering all the digital evidence is difficult. Dr. Rob Rowlingson of QinetiQ explains how proper preparation can ease the burden….
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Trojan Horses Complexities
Clive Carmichael-Jones comments on recent cases involving Trojan horses….
Distance selling and IT suppliers
Mike Butler of Hammonds draws attention to the latest consultation paper and draft guidance from the OFT….
Open source software and WIPO
A debate is raging in the software industry at the moment between supporters of open source software, who argue for maximum disclosure of software code, and suppliers of proprietary software, who jealously guard access to their source code. As many organisations in both the private and public sectors look to open source software as a reliable and flexible solution to their needs, the proprietary software industry looks increasingly under threat. Caroline Barton of Field Fisher Waterhouse discusses the conflict….
Filtering Electronic Evidence
Tom Hopkinson and Michele C.S. Lange review the US practice of using filtering technology to navigate electronic evidence, and the lessons we might learn from it….