Whilst the future of the edible cookie will be assured by hungry adults, children and characters from Sesame Street, the same cannot be said for its electronic namesake. The debate surrounding the use of cookies continues to be a point of contention between business, government and civil rights movements. Garry Mackay and Mark Lomas of Bevan Ashford review the position….
Those who have dealt with a failed systems development project know that the complex legal and factual issues that arise represent a veritable ‘dripping roast’ for dispute lawyers. Coupled with the advent of the new Civil Procedure Rules in 1999, it is little wonder that dispute resolution clauses in IT contracts have become ever more prescriptive. We now often find disputes being categorised into technical, legal or commercial issues and to each is then applied an escalating range of medicines, from meetings between executives, to mediation, litigation or more and more frequently expert determination. Tim Toomey of v-lex questions this extended use of expert determination….
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Heidi Pfleger explains the complexities of the US/EU passenger data impasse….
“The Internet is a wonderful thing for the disabled. You should be proud of your achievement in making the life of the disabled so much better.” Rabbi Lionel Blue, OBE at the Annual Dinner of The British Computer Society held on 12 November, 2001. Stephen Mason and Catherine Casserley explain why this is not always so – and what the law requires….
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Emily Wiewiorka discusses the legislative anomalies facing account aggregators in the UK….
Paul Berwin and Sarah Ruston report on their experience at the IT Law Conference….
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….
Julia Whybrow and Professor Chris Reed look at the Budd Report and consider its implications….
John Garcia of Clyde & Co considers the main heads of claim under which liability for deep-linking may result, following the recent decision in Keljob v Cadremploi….
Davina Garrod and Alana Tervo provide a roadmap for those interested in distributing luxury products over the Internet, especially when seeking to apply restrictions which are consistent with EU competition law….