Social Media: Exploding the Myths
William Richmond-Coggan sees the law keeping up with technology, underlines the warnings from the Lord McAlpine debacle and demolishes a few myths, including the myth of a luddite legal system…
Litigation & DR
Google and Online Liability
Paul Lambert looks across the world at various cases involving Google and takes a look at its claim to defences and denial of liability…
Certainty in the Cloud
Steve Ross tells us what issues business want dealt with in the European Commission’s standardised terms and conditions for cloud services, and why….
Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 8, Chris Dale
With immaculate timing, Chris Dale made his entrance to the predictions party just after the main guests, and just before the true latecomers (more from them tomorrow). His detailed predictions probably deserve their own slot anyway….
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Court of Appeal on Data Protection and Disclosure
The Court of Appeal has ruled in a case on the limits of disclosure and has given guidance on the approach where it is suggested that the duty to disclose arises under the Data Protection Act 1998 rather than the Civil Procedure Rules…
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Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 9, Fashionably Late
Here is a mix of predictions from a trio of IT lawyers, a pair of disclosure and legal technology consultants and a web site communications specialist. All have one thing in common – they were a little past deadline. But the online doors to the party are still open, even though the magazine section is closed. These predictions come from David Taylor, Paul Gershlick, Eduardo Ustaran, Tracey Stretton, Rob Jones and Luke Barton….
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Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 7, Mainly Just for Fun
These predictions from Matthew Lavy, Clive Freedman and Lilian Edwards are designed mainly to amuse on a cold December day, though Matthew starts sensibly enough. You may feel that many a true word is spoken in jest and that even the wildest of the ideas here has more than a grain of truth beneath it. You may well find yourself thinking ‘if only’….
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Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 6, A Practitioners’ and Academic Mix
Here are some remarkably sound predictions on the future of IT law and related fields from IT lawyers Jane Seager, Simon Deane-Johns, Richard Graham and Toby Headdon and, from the academic world, Monica Horten and Marion Oswald, plus a stimulating suggestion for how SCL might change from regular contributor Alastair Morrison….
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Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 5, Word Dealers
These predictions come from a legal publisher, two writers and a supplier of articles, newsletters, and web content for law firms. Lexis’s Katherine Eyres, writers Joanna Goodman and Laurence Eastham and Joe Reevy from Words4business are today’s soothsayers. As you might expect from word dealers, there is quite a lot to read but don’t overlook Katherine’s timeline graphic in the download panel….
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Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 4, A Meaty Miscellany
With contributions from a lawyer working in the computer industry, an innovative provider of online legal services, a barrister with IT nous and hands-on litigation experience and a leading expert on evidence and documentation issues, these predictions range widely and offer intriguing points for all…
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