The Incriminating and the Obvious
An insight into the latest FBI investigation into organised crime and a warning not to overlook the importance of digital evidence…
Publishing & social media
2012 Predictions 4: Practitioner’s Prognostications
Time to hear from a group of practitioners, focusing mainly on IT law issues but including a look at our developing relationship with tablets, smartphones and other new ways of living too. Think of this as the bag of luxury chocolate gold coins that you ate instead of putting them on the tree. Read the predictions from Stewart Room, Kit Burden, Emma Brownlow-Smith, Jon Bloor, Paul Gershlick and David Lewis…
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2012 Predictions 3: Technology Teasers
Something more substantial today – five items from the selection box of predictions. Chew on the predictions affecting technology and the real practice of law from Jan Durant, Arlene Adams, Tom Hiskey, Joe Reevy and David Gilroy and decide which suggestion is the Cadbury’s Flake and which is the Mars Bar….
2012 Predictions 2: Discovery Divinations and Much More
Today’s cheeky taster from the predictions chocolate assortment is a melange of forecasts from three men with special e-disclosure expertise, but it goes beyond e-disclosure to offer undertones of praline and a strong after-taste of essence of law firm practice. Read the predictions of Andrew Haslam, Mike Taylor and Charles Holloway….
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Prepare for European Data Protection Reform
Richard Graham reviews the likely targets for data protection reform and suggests that it is time to get ready to meet the challenges reform will bring…
2012 Predictions 1: Forecast Foretaste
Advent Sunday has come and gone so perhaps it is not too soon to open the first window of the advent calendar and consume the first morsel. Maybe it is too soon, but I could wait no longer. There are many more to come….
Ofcom’s Approach to Net Neutrality
Ofcom has published a document setting out its approach to net neutrality issues….
4.74 Degrees and the Net Curtain
4.74 degrees is not the Three Degrees putting on weight but refers to new research on Facebook connections. And it matters if you are serious about using social media to prosper and survive….
Virtual Conferences
There comes a point where virtual reality is a pale imitation of the real world….
Editorial
Recent contacts with recruiters and IT lawyers have led me to think that, at a time of great uncertainty for the legal professions and a broadly pessimistic outlook for the world economy, the future for IT lawyers looks bright. Recruiters are struggling to find suitably qualified lawyers for positions at all sorts of different levels,…