Richard Graham and Adam Lewington paint a Big Data landscape, and highlight the risks in the foreground and those looming on the horizon…
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SCL Meeting Report: ‘Have you got IT covered?
Sharon Mitchell reports on the SCL meeting, hosted and sponsored by Clyde & Co, which tackled the interaction between IT and insurance…
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Data Protection Reform: Latest from the Article 29 Working Party
Following the latest meeting of the EU data protection regulators, the Article 29 Working Party released their latest statement on current discussions regarding the data protection reform package…
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Death of Direct.uk – Greatly Exaggerated
Nominet has abandoned its plans for the introduction of .uk domain names, for the time being…
Have the Law Commission Cracked the Electronic Communications Code?
In a report published on 28 February, the Law Commission is recommending reforms which it claims will bring the Electronic Communications Code up to date with modern technology while continuing to balance the rights of landowners and the public demand for modern communications services….
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Insolvency and IT Suppliers
The Government has announced proposals that will restrict the rights of IT suppliers on the insolvency of their customers…
Social Media and Injunctions after Venables
Laura Scaife reflects on the latest collision between Twitter and the law…
SCL Standard-form IT Services Contract: Working Meeting
The widely expressed interest in a suggestion from Clive Davies and Roger Bickerstaff for a standard-form IT services contract has led them to arrange an initial meeting to explore the idea further…
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Sub-licence Survivor
Rod J. Cowper, Ben Goodger and Ellen Hughes-Jones report on a case in which the High Court ruled that a sub-licence for the use of software survived the termination of the head licence under which it was granted…
CPD Online: Contract Law Update 2013
Question arising from the seminar on 5 February 2013 where Richard Stephens covered important developments in contract law in 2012. HW/SFCL:OC2 CPD: 2 hours…