Edward Phillips summarises the proposals for change to the Nominet DRS system. He questions whether the default transfer plan is a winning formula or a misjudgement….
Tissue Samples and Graffiti: Personal Data and the Article 29 Working Party
Christopher Millard and Peter Church summarise and comment on the opinion of the Article 29 Working Party on the Definition of Personal Data….
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Turning the Tide on Intermediary Liability?
Ben Allgrove and Ian Walden examine the implications of a new case in the CFI on ISP liability….
Due Diligence – How Outsourcing Can Learn from Private Equity
Clive Davies recently moved from private practice to an in-house role. He shares a recently discovered approach to due diligence that he feels involves a better way….
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Cross-border Retail and Consumer Credit in the EU: Facilitate, Don’t Regulate
Simon Deane-Johns explains why he thinks plans for further regulation of online transactions will work against the interests of consumers….
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Alan Brakefield 1928 – 2007
SCL is sad to inform its members that Alan Brakefield, Hon Treasurer of the Society for Computers and Law 1973 – 2002, died on 19 July after a valiant fight against cancer. Ruth Baker offers her brief tribute to one of the Society’s most influential members….
SCL Conference – Video Feeds and MP3 Downloads for All
You can view or listen to the whole of the SCL Conference, Internet Law in the 21st Century, online….
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Conference Report: Web 2.0 Internet Law in the 21st Century
A report from Carl Davies on the Society for Computers and Law 7th Annual Conference, held at St Anne’s College, Oxford on 22 and 23 June 2007.
The Conference sessions and related online CPD test are available on the SCL Web site….
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
SCL’s answer to Hans Christian Anderson is John Yates. There is many a new truth in an old tale….
IFCLA 2008 Conference in Paris
The IFCLA Conference, IT Law Challenges in a Changing World: Global, Virtual, Open & Outsourced takes place in Paris on 5 and 6 June 2008. The deadline for the call for papers is 5 September but, whether presenting a paper attracts you or not, it is already time to start planning your trip….