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Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment Expert opinion from lawyer Stewart James: Navigating the landscape will require some gut instinct, common sense - and above all, a good lawyer. The word strikes fear into the heart of even the hardened executive. [08 Apr 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment Expert opinion from lawyer Stewart James: Life would be simple if curing security headaches were just a matter of buying some new technology. In reality, good security requires fundamental organisational change, says Danny Bradbury [28 Mar 2008]
Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?
Comment But organisations would be wrong to pin all their hopes on it, warns lawyer Stewart James. High-profile data breaches and new laws have put encryption back in the limelight. Earlier this month, Westminster's Joint Committee on Human Rights... [27 Mar 2008]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment But legal liability cannot rest solely on ISPs' shoulders, argues lawyer Simon Levine. Politicians are threatening ISPs with penalties if illegal downloading doesn't stop. To do so would undermine a central tenet of ecommerce law. [22 Feb 2008]
Legal Eye: High Court's patent sense
Comment But what does the decision really mean to those involved in developing and deploying software, asks lawyer Richard Taylor. As a patent lawyer, I welcome this ruling. A key court ruling has cranked up the debate. [13 Feb 2008]
silicon.com Classics: 'Nigerian' money scam - What happens when you reply?
News These emails usually purporting to be from a banker or lawyer offering the recipient a slice of some deceased former president's fortune for laundering the money through their account. In the first of a new weekly series looking back at the classic... [04 Feb 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News Technology lawyer for Eversheds Jonathan Armstrong said: "The possibility of criminal prosecution is something that a lot of multinationals will sit up and listen to. silicon.com has won a significant victory in its Full Disclosure campaign to make... [31 Jan 2008]
Law firm beefs up search power
Case Study Speaking to silicon.com, Jane Bradbury, knowledge management director at FFW said: "We're in the business of handling information, knowledge, advising clients and I'm very much of the belief that when a client instructs us they're instructing not... [18 Jan 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News Jonathan Armstrong, technology lawyer with Eversheds, said the government should take care not to rush through laws as it had done with the Dangerous Dogs Act. MPs have called for the reckless loss of computer data and personal information to be... [03 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.10.07
Round-Up I think that no one has figured out the perfect formula for it," he said, raising his voice (we imagine) over the laughter as a Microsoft contract lawyer helped a Facebook marketing manager to photocopy her bottom. [26 Oct 2007]
Jobs to take the stand in options backdating case
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs will have to appear before federal investigators as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit against Nancy Heinen, Apple's former head lawyer, Bloomberg has reported. [21 Sep 2007]
IT charity employs flash mob tactics
News Paul Renney, a lawyer at Campbell Hooper and Byte Night board member, told silicon.com: "I'm very positive about this year's event. A flash mob descended on Potters Field, next to City Hall in London, this morning - not to protest against mayor Ken... [06 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 31.08.07
Round-Up Even then, this is broken down into part lawyer, part technician, part politician and all businessperson. If you thought that CIO just stood for 'chief information officer' then you are clearly a lunatic of the highest order and a danger to... [31 Aug 2007]
Eight roles the CIO must play
News The research paper said: "Managing an international infrastructure requires the CIO to be part lawyer, part technician, part politician and all businessperson. If you thought CIO stood just for 'chief information officer' you might be in for a bit... [28 Aug 2007]
Why UK must pass data leak law now
News If you want to find out more about silicon.com's campaign read the original Full Disclosure manifesto or find out what a leading lawyer thinks about the current state of data disclosure legislation.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign is about... [10 Aug 2007]
