Paul Berwin looks beyond the day-to-day issues that arise from open source and considers some of the deeper issues that are associated with it….
2012 Predictions 12: Four Forecasts
Predictions from four highly perceptive SCL member with very different perspectives. With the focus shifting from e-disclosure and ESI management to Asia and data protection, on to contracts and closing with collaboration and stickiness. Read the predictions from Matthew Davis and Bill Onwusah, Carolyn Bigg, Toby Crick and Craig Chaplin….
Lord Chief Justice Extends Live Text-Based Communication from Court
The Lord Chief Justice has handed down guidance on using laptops and hand-held devices to communicate directly from courts in England and Wales….
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FOI Rights and ‘Private’ E-mail
The ICO has published new guidance making it clear that information concerning official business held in private e-mail accounts is subject to the Freedom of Information Act….
Article 29 Working Party Unimpressed by OBA Industry’s Solutions
The Article 29 Working Party has issued a press release indicating that the online behavioural advertising industry’s proposed privacy solutions are inadequate…
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Government Copyright Consultation
A consultation exercise relating to proposals ‘to modernise the copyright system and remove unnecessary barriers to growth’ was launched on 14 December….
2012 Predictions 11: Dale’s Disclosures
Such is Chris Dale’s standing in the e-disclosure field that it seems only right that he should have a predictions slot all to himself. It also reflects the fact that he is the only person to have submitted predictions today….
Online Dispute Resolution Expansion in the EU
Darin Thompson looks at the European Commission’s proposals for expansion of ODR and places them in a wider context…
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SAS v WPL: A Note of Caution for Software Developers
What are the implications of the Opinion of the Advocate General in SAS v WPL? Paul Barton and Emily Parris offer an account of the Advocate General’s reasoning and considered comment on it….
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2012 Predictions 10: Disputes and Developments
Today’s predictions focus on the continuing battle as unlawful online activity and the data management and the e-disclosure and evidential implications of technological change. Read the predictions from Toby Headdon and Tracey Stretton….
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