Kit Burden offers an intensely practical guide to the downselection process and the lawyer’s role in it…
Predictions 2011: Amuse Bouche
With a veritable banquet of predictions to come, including a very substantial first course on 1 December, here is a taster for what is to come. The first predictions are from Kit Burden of DLA Piper (who was the first to submit) and, in honour of St Andrew’s Day, Robert Buchan of Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (who was not far behind)….
Competition Investigation Announced into Google
The European Commission is to further investigate allegations of antitrust violations by Google…
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eDiscovery Tools in a Forensic Investigation
In any eDiscovery project, documents can reside on a multitude of data sources collected from many different custodians. The proliferation of electronic documents poses issues of volume which contribute towards increased cost and time requirements in an IT forensic investigation. Andrew Pimlott gives a practical illustration of how combining traditional IT forensics analysis techniques with eDiscovery tools and processes can add value to an investigation….
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Face is Their Fortune
Facebook is on the verge of trade marking the word ‘face’…
First Data Breach ‘Fines’
The Information Commissioner has served the first monetary penalty notices for serious data protection breaches…
Massive Damages Award in Oracle/SAP US Litigation
A US court has awarded enormous damages in a dispute over a breach of IP rights…
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The Twitter Bomb Joke and the Big Issues
Most of what I have seen about the bomb tweet exaggerates its importance, and misses a couple of crucial points that matter more…
Jurisdiction: Emission Theory and Database Right
A High Court case has clarified some of the jurisdiction issues relating to online infringement…
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Future Focus
T’is the season to be … predicting (it’s far too early to be jolly) and looking forward. And perhaps an even better season for putting the world to rights…