Cathryn Evans reviews the second edition of Tomorrow’s Lawyers (OUP, 240 pp, £12.99 ISBN: 9780198796633), the latest publication from Professor Richard Susskind OBE…
Aggressive Assertions of Web Jurisdiction
Professor Michael Geist considers two recent cases, in Canada and the USA, where the courts have adopted an aggressive approach in cross-border Internet jurisdiction cases….
Data Protection and the European Parliament: Stricter, Thicker and Tougher
Eduardo Ustaran warns that the draft report by the LIBE Committee on the data protection reform directive, with its revised proposal for the regulation, looks to tighten control yet further, not slacken the reins…
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ICO Publishes Response to Leveson Report
The Leveson Report included a series of recommendations which related to data protection issues, and might have a considerable impact on data protection regulation in the UK. The Information Commissioner’s Office has now published its response to the relevant parts of the Report….
CPD Online: December 2012 / January 2013 Edition of Computers & Law Magazine
Questions arising from the December 2012 / January 2013 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL8 – 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Cybercrime in Ireland – Recent Legislative Developments
Pearse Ryan, Claire O’Brien and Andrew Harbison outline and comment on the new legislation in Ireland which aims to target white collar crime and cybercrime in particular…
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Predictions 2013 and Beyond: IT in Law and IT for Lawyers
Here is a selection of the online predictions made by our contributors. All relate to IT for law firms, e-disclosure or related issues….
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Predictions 2013 and Beyond: IT Lawyers
A set of predictions, mainly from practising IT lawyers but with a few academics too, which range widely but include predictions on the developments expected in IT law….
Editorial
I do not often complain about my contributors. The Eastham office’s, non-secular, daily assembly normally includes grateful thanks to those who have supplied copy for the web site and magazine; printouts of their photographs are central to a small shrine in the corner of my office. But I was a bit shocked by the reaction…
Cloud, data protection and more in 2013
Cloud services and data protection will become even more of a “hot topic” in 2013…