You need to know about Web 2.0, and soon. It is the future – but it is very much now too. SCL has launched a new Conference that will help you ‘get’ Web 2.0….
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SCL Questionnaire on OGC Standard Contracts
A chance to influence OGC standard contracts for SCL members….
Information from Litigation Support Providers
These are responses to the call in the December 2006/January 2007 issue of the magazine for information from LSPs. SCL emphasizes that the information below is supplied by the providers themselves….
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Data Processing: Johnson v MDU
The Court of Appeal judgment is now available in the case of Johnson v The Medical Defence Union….
E-disclosure, Needles and Haystacks
Alex Charlton and Matthew Lavy recount their recent experience of e-disclosure in an article that might well be entitled ‘E-disclosure: Where it went wrong (and how we can fix it).’…
Standard Contracts – Supporting the Government’s Transforming Procurement Agenda
John Kenyon highlights the advantages of the OGC standard contracts….
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FOI Fees and Limits
SCL submitted a response to the Consultation Paper from the Department of Constitutional Affairs on fees for supplying data and the imposition of a limit on the expense of supply, beyond which an exemption applies but there is now an opportunity for further consultation….
Diddy or Didn’t He?
Nick Mathys reports on Dearlove v Combs, in which the High Court considered whether Sean Combs (a.k.a. ‘P. Diddy’) had already breached his high-profile settlement agreement…
Databases and Technology: What is a Fair Price?
Pat Treacy looks at two recent developments that have concerned companies involved with horseracing databases and memory technology. What are the implications for the pricing conduct of companies with an edge over their rivals?…
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Spam: managing a solution
You may have seen – or indeed, if you were unfortunate, have been involved in – a recent high profile attack on the legal profession, which took place via email and attempted to retrieve the banking details of those individuals targeted. James Turnbull outlines how the legal sector, like virtually every other industry, is now officially under attack from the scourge of the spammer….