Shelley Thomas looks at the power to impose monetary penalties and gives a detailed account of its use to date….
CPD Online: A Judge’s View on IT Disputes
These are the questions arising from the Hon Mr Justice Ramsey’s presentation on 19 October. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL2 – 1 hour…
A Co-op Divi for Law and Technology?
Following its successful application for an ABS licence under the Legal Services Act, I guess we now have to stop talking about Tesco law and call it Co-op law. Why does it matter for technology and the law? It may matter in relation to attitudes to legal services delivery at the low price end of the market and the extent to which IT can be used to support it….
Open Source Procurement Toolkit
The Government has published an array of documents that together constitute what it calls the Open Source Procurement Toolkit….
The Legal Case for PDF/A
Gary Hodkinson highlights the problems with digital document archiving, explains how the US is leading the way in enforcing new document archiving legislation and why the UK needs to be prepared…
IFCLA 2012: Call for Topics
Munich is the host city for the IFCLA Conference 2012 and the Call for Topics is now open…
Virtual Conferences
There comes a point where virtual reality is a pale imitation of the real world….
Money Laundering Amendments for Germany – and why it matters
Richard Reimer, Thomas Robinson and Laura Rosca summarise key features of a further proposed amendment to the German Prevention of Money Laundering Act and its likely impact for e-money and internet payments…
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Editorial
Recent contacts with recruiters and IT lawyers have led me to think that, at a time of great uncertainty for the legal professions and a broadly pessimistic outlook for the world economy, the future for IT lawyers looks bright. Recruiters are struggling to find suitably qualified lawyers for positions at all sorts of different levels,…
Newzbin Block: BT Injunction Format Determined
Following his judgment in Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp & Ors v British Telecommunications Plc, Mr Justice Arnold has now determined the format of the injunction which will apply. BT was given 14 days in which to apply its terms….
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