As the EU and US debate sharing of airline passenger information, Stewart Baker, Maury Shenk, Kees Kuilwijk, Winnie Chang and Daniel Mah of Steptoe & Johnson examine the special circumstances and the extent to which sophisticated anonymisation techniques can resolve some of the most difficult conflicts between privacy and security….
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Eduardo Ustaran reviews Electronic Signatures in Law by Stephen Mason, published by Lexis Nexis Butterworths. £95. ISBN 0406 97006 8….
Sandra Potter talked to Laurence Eastham about her initiative in creating and consulting on a draft Practice Direction to cover the use of IT in the litigation of civil matters….
South African attorney Dr Gerrie Ebersöhn assesses potential liability for the e-mail that gets filtered out by spam filtering software….
This event mixed celebration with illumination. A full transcript of the lecture is now available as well as Richard Harrison’s sparkling report of the event….
Legal Knowledge Management Group Plans for the creation of this new Interest Group are now well advanced. It is to be formed in March and the prime movers behind its creation are looking for interested SCL members to contact Caroline Gould to register their interest. Both ordinary members and those with a real commitment to…
The Society for Computers and Law has announced the launch of the IT Disputes Interest Group, a forum for lawyers, industry experts, suppliers and users involved in all forms of disputes in the IT industry….
Have you got a war story from an attempt to negotiate peace? Clive Freeman is looking for input from SCL members to enrich the second meeting of the IT Disputes Group….
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Richard Christou, who gave the SCL 30th Anniversary Lecture, brought a unique perspective to his role. He became Chief Executive of Fujitsu Services after many years of acting as a Legal Director there and in other large businesses and he is also the author of leading texts in IT law. This is an edited extract from his lecture, focusing on just one element of a carefully linked series. The full transcript is available on the SCL site….
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The Working Group’s report deserves more publicity than it has received, although it is no doubt being taken seriously by those with the power to influence decisions. Some of its recommendations are highlighted below. Electronic Issue of Proceedings and Applications As regards this topic, the Working Group’s recommendations included the following: · “We believe practitioners…
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