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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CPD Online October / November 2011 Edition of Computers & Law
Questions arising from the October/November issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL 55 – 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Internet Infringement of Personality Rights: ECJ Judgment
In a new ruling, the ECJ finds that victims of infringements of personality rights by means of the internet may bring actions before the courts of the Member State in which they reside in respect of all of the damage caused. But the operator of an internet website covered by the e-commerce directive cannot be made subject, in that State, to stricter requirements than those provided for by the law of the Member State in which it is established…
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Judgment Day for BAILII
This article is the product of an exchange between Nick Holmes of Infolaw and Sir Henry Brooke, retiring chairman of the BAILII trustees. It deals with a number of issues relating to BAILII and how it operates, including issues raised in a recent piece in the Guardian….