Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Checklist
Jeremy Holt of Clark Holt has compiled a checklist of points to be considered before a commercial message is sent to a target….
Privacy & Data Protection
The Rise of the Blog – Legal Risks and Liability
Paul Barton and Viv Nissanka of Field Fisher Waterhouse’s IT & E-Commerce Group discuss the legal risks and potential liabilities involved in publishing a “blog” for a business….
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Moving from Transmission to Collaboration
On a day in March this year, Amazon found itself under public scrutiny when its UK site – www.Amazon.co.uk – displayed a pricing error on iPaq PDAs, offering the product for sale at £7.32, when its normal retail price is £192. By 11 am that same day, the site was flooded with requests for iPaqs….
Earn-Out or Down & Out?
The use of earn-outs in the sale of owner-managed IT businesses is examined by Rosemary J Downs of v-lex limited, solicitors (www.v-lex.com)…
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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Securing the Security Standard
In the light of recent reports that the DTI is considering imposing the ISO17799 information security management standard as mandatory, IT & E-commerce lawyers Nigel Wildish and Viv Nissanka of Field Fisher Waterhouse argue the case for compliance….
Solutions Snippets!
Cyber-Risks specialist, Rupert Kendrick, highlights some practical IT solutions for lawyers and law firms. E-mail: RupertKendrick@aol.com…
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….
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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