The BERR appears to be fast-tracking ‘Action 13’, the recommendation in the interim Digital Britain Report for action on P2P and illegal file-sharing….
Data Protection: Coroners and Justice Bill Proposals
The ICO has published further commentary on the proposals for assessment notices, information sharing and other amendments to data protection legislation contained in the data protection aspects of the Coroners and Justice Bill…
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SCL Masterclass: From Cradle to Grave – The Outsourcing Lifecycle
This is the CPD course arising from the SCL Masterclass held on 12 February and available via a podcast. SCL CPD Scheme online course code: HW/SFCL8 – 4 hours 25 minutes…
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Send Out the Search Party
Various European courts are awaiting answers from the European Court of Justice regarding search engine use of sponsored keywords. Susan Barty, Isabel Davies and Phillip Carnell offer a review of the most significant and most recent questions to be referred to the ECJ about search engine keywords and trade mark infringement…
Trustees’ Terabytes
We have finally decided to start a Trustees’ blog, about SCL, about being Trustees, about being tech lawyers, about technology in our practices, about what’s happening behind (and in front of) the scenes at SCL, and whatever feels important to us from time to time….
What’s IT all about?
Where is the start and finish of IT law and what other issues are of interest to SCL members?…
Shoring-up Escrow: Precautions against Software Supplier Insolvency
Renzo Marchini sounds a timely warning about the need to put in place one, admittedly shaky, piece of protection against supplier insolvency…
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Learning to Trust Cloud Computing
Bridget Treacy analyses how over-regulation and concern over data privacy may keep the cloud from rising high…
Transposition of Data Retention Directive: Government Response to Consultation
On 12 February, the Government published its response to the public consultation exercise and amended draft regulations for the transposition of the Data Retention Directive….
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Severability Latest and an Implied Duty to Warn
Paul Gershlick analyses an important recent case. In J Murphy & Sons Limited v Johnston Precast Limited, the Regus severability approach was followed and a novel implied contract term which has major implications for IT contracts appears to be recognised: an ongoing implied duty to warn….
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