Questions arising from the podcast of the SCL Seminar ‘IT in Financial Services: New Ways of Working, New Risks, New Legal Challenges’ held on 14 July 2011 – SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL35 – 2 hours….
The Cloud & Open Source: The New Darlings of Enterprise Computing
Richard Graham explores the symbiotic success of cloud computing and open source software…
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Walking Away Revisited
Paul Gershlick and Simon Weinberg consider the High Court judgment in AstraZeneca v Albermarle, which considered deliberate breach of unprofitable contracts and looked hard at NetTV v MARHedge. The judgment also touches on the right of first refusal and whether rights are waived while negotiating following material breach and is an example of a very narrow interpretation of a limit on liability clause….
Beyond Liability: Injunctions after L’Oreal v eBay
Toby Headdon considers the availability and scope of injunctions against online intermediaries following recent judgments in L’Oreal v eBay and Twentieth Century Fox v BT…
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Paper, Paper Everywhere
Embrace the electronic age…
Government’s Hargreaves Response
The government has published its response to the Hargreaves Review and has also published its plans for implementation of the Digital Economy Act 2010 and an Ofcom report on the practicality of site blocking…
No Newzbin is Good News and Other Thoughts
Thoughts on Twentieth Century Fox v BT…
Targeted Marketing: Give Me (Opted-in) Football Fans
A High Court judgment on a sponsorship deal gives some interesting insights into the real world of harvesting e-mail addresses and mobile numbers for targeted marketing. Mr Justice Walker considers the practical meaning of ‘opted-in’ and deals with the endearing claim that 250,000 SMS messages are ‘sent’ even if there is no real notion of them being likely to be received….
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Promoting Spectrum Trading
In light of two key changes to the spectrum trading regime, Anthony Day and Mike Conradi ask:- Will the market now flourish?…
Information Management – Theory and Reality
Daniel Kavan and Mark Surguy look at the inextricable link between information storage policies and successful reactions to demands for production of documents…