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The E-mail of the Species

March 1, 2002

Richard Harrison looks at the advance of e-mail and the problems it presents for dispute resolution procedures. He explains the need to be alert to prevent apparently comprehensive disclosure, in lists produced with the aid of technology, from pulling “the wool over the eyes of understanding”….

ISPs on Red Alert following Sweeping New Anti-terrorism Laws

March 1, 2002

The implications of the Government’s sweeping new laws to beef-up the fight against terrorism following September 11’s terror attacks on New York and Washington are likely to have far-reaching implications for all sectors of the economy. With limited debate taking place before the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 became law, many businesses seem ignorant of their wider responsibilities under the new legislation. Fiona Ghosh, a barrister specialising in data protection and IT at national law firm Addleshaw Booth & Co, looks at the new law and its impact on ISPs….

Domain Name Registration Strategy

March 1, 2002

To register or not to register? That is the question tormenting many a soliliquising cyberDane, and many IP brand owners too. Dawn Osborne and Steve Palmer of Willoughby & Partners offer some criteria for decision and point to a useful strategy….

Can Technology Transform the Judicial System?

January 1, 2002

Can the legal system operate in new, innovative ways capitalising on what new technology has to offer? This is an abridged and edited version of Lord Justice Brooke’s speech at the Foundation for Science and Technology in December….

Broadband Britain: Rhetoric vs Reality

January 1, 2002

Is the Government’s commitment to broadband real? Anneliese Reinhold from Kemp Little looks at two case studies, and wonders….

Account Aggregation

January 1, 2002

Emily Wiewiorka discusses the legislative anomalies facing account aggregators in the UK….

State of the Art Legal Web Sites

November 1, 2001

What makes a Web site ‘state of the art’? The dictionary definition doesn’t help much as state of the art equates to phrases like ‘up to the minute’ and ‘the latest and therefore the best’….

‘Browse wrap’ Licence? Don’t mind if I do.

November 1, 2001

Whilst there are parallels to be drawn between UK and US law, you can get into very hot water if you rely too heavily on one as an exposition of the other….

Doors to Manual: The Ending of the Data Protection’s First Transitional Period

November 1, 2001

Richard Morgan looks at the effects of the ending of the transitional period and concludes that it is a less cataclysmic event than is sometimes suggested….