Whether it is the Internet on TV or TV watched on the Internet, the EU Commission seeks views on the ‘rapidly converging audiovisual world’…
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SCL Meeting Report: Exclusion and Limitation Clauses Master Class
Mark Crichard reports on the extremely popular Master Class seminar on exclusion and limitation clauses held on 18 April…
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Blogs and Leveson
The Department for Culture. Media & Sport has published its proposals ‘to ensure small blogs are exempt from exemplary damages and costs incentives for membership of a press regulator’…
‘Meltwater’: Supreme Court Judgment
The Supreme Court has given judgment in the long-running dispute concerning the use by various PR companies of links to coverage of their clients in newspapers and whether their use required a licence from the Newspaper Licensing Agency. The judgment is a bit of a damp squib, ending up with a reference to the CJEU….
Data in a Crisis – Manage Your Risk
With litigation and internal investigations always at least conceivable, and perhaps just round the corner, Caroline Jan considers ways to manage data risks so as to limit the damage caused by a sudden crisis…
Now is the Time to Say Goodbye
Ruth Baker looks back on her time as SCL’s kingpin as she retires after 25 years with the Society. See the end of the article for a selection from some of the tributes paid to Ruth’s work for SCL. A pdf of the version of this article which appears in the April/May issue of Computers & Law can be downloaded from the panel opposite….
XP – Final Warning!
Alastair Morrison repeats his warning for those using Windows XP – still a substantial proportion of small law firm users….
App Games – OFT Investigation
The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is to begin an investigation into free children’s web and app-based games. Includes comment from Jas Purewal and Vanessa Barnett….
Golden Book and Blueprints for EU e-Procurement
The EU Commission has published one of two reports which provide pointers to good practices in e-procurement…
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Software Development: How the Traditional Contract Model Increases the Risk of Failure
Susan Atkinson and Gabrielle Benefield analyse recent research and draw disturbing conclusions about the ‘Contract Model’…