I thought you were supposed to find out if measures work before you include them in an Act of Parliament?…
Use of Social Media in Selling for the Professions
Whilst social media has been in the headlines for some time, it is usually with regard to marketers driving the communications systems for their firms. Cynicism – as well as hysteria in some areas – about its value to the legal profession is rife. Kim Tasso looks at the use of social media by the professions (including lawyers) in the context of selling – primarily in business-to-business relationships….
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E-Disclosure Managers and Rising E-Disclosure Costs
Dean Gonsowski comments on the emergence of a new trend and suggests complementary ways to ensure that there is relief from rising e-disclosure costs…
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Location, Location … Guidance on Applicable Law in International Data Processing Scenarios
EU regulators have issued new guidance on how to determine which Member State’s data protection rules apply in cross border commercial scenarios, including cloud computing. Claire Walker and Shona Kerr analyse that Opinion, but ask whether the objectives of the legislation might be better served by proper harmonisation of standards across Europe (and beyond)?…
Watching Cloud Contracts Take Shape
Simon Bradshaw, Christopher Millard and Ian Walden recount the results of a survey into cloud computing contracts and examine a few of the issues brought into focus by the survey…
Sharing of Costs – Draft Order Published
The Online Infringement of Copyright (Initial Obligations) (Sharing of Costs) Order 2011 has been published in draft form…
The Future of Open Information: Open Government Data and Beyond
Jordan S Hatcher reflects his contribution to the SCL Forum, ‘The Future of Open’, focusing on the legal side of open data….
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Accommodating Change in Public Sector Contracts
Barry Jennings focuses on change in the public procurement sector, what that means for lawyers and the potential for procurement regulation challenge…
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Electronic Money
New regulations have now been published…
SCL Junior Lawyers’ Group Report: Talkin bout my generation
David Chaplin reports on the Group’s inaugural meeting held on 20 January…
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