The judgment in the match-fixing libel case involving New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns focuses on a libel originating on Twitter but has little meat for IT lawyers….
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Reforming the Civil Justice System: SCL Annual Lecture 2012 Report
Richard Harrison reports on the SCL Annual Lecture, given by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Jackson on 26 March. A podcast of the Lecture will be available shortly….
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EU Commission Proposes to Establish a European Cybercrime Centre
On 28 March, the EU Commission proposed that a European Cybercrime Centre be established within Europol to become the Union’s focal point in the fight against cybercrime…
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The Culture Factor
the most important habit is the one displayed so well in Japanese culture – respect…
File-sharing and Norwich Pharmacal: Court Supervision of Letter of Claim
The High Court has made a Norwich Pharmacal order in favour of Golden Eye and Ben Dover Productions in a preliminary move towards volume file-sharing litigation. But Arnold J has applied a number of stringent conditions affecting the further pursuit of the action and has insisted upon a number of amendments to the draft letter of claim….
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Too Many Cooks?
Are there too many bodies interfering in Internet regulation?…
Online Defamation in UK: No Clarification from Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has published its judgment in the case of Flood v The Times, a libel case which included allegations of online defamation. But the judgments deal only with Reynolds privilege….
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Google Privacy Policy: CNIL Request for Clarifications
The Article 29 Working Party has sought response from Google to a series of pertinent questions about its new privacy policy. The questionnaire is revealing in that it points to the widening nature of the data protection concerns….
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Connect, Engage and Interact with Social Media
Kim Tasso offers 7 firm-wide and 11 personal points to help successfully integrate social media into marketing, selling and relationship management programmes…
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Commercial Use of Facebook and Twitter: Risks and Rewards
Chris Hutchings warns of the risks of using social media without due care and attention. He also suggests ways to harvest the benefits of social media without putting a business at risk…
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