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Will consumers always want free banking?

Comment The High Court has decided consumer contract law can be used to determine whether bank overdraft charges are fair. However, a lack of transparency about charges has created an increased reliance on revenue from this source, ultimately leading to...

Tags: oft, free banking

[12 May 2008]

Skype drops open-source appeal

News The company has dropped its appeal against its conviction last July in a German court of failure to comply with the General Public License version 2 (GPLv2). This was thrown out by the appeals court and Skype has abandoned its efforts to overturn...

Tags: skype, gpl, open source

[12 May 2008]

Convert Legal Documents to Different Word Processing Formats

whitepaper Government and court system Web sites also make electronic documents available on the Internet, and frequently an attorney must use these documents when dealing with those agencies. More and more often, attorneys receive electronic versions of...

Tags: business management

[12 May 2008]

Using Documents Effectively in Court

whitepaper One is often required to use precise formatting in the documents that one files with the court. For example, pleadings, briefs, and other similar documents must adhere to court formatting rules and must often be submitted under court-imposed...

Tags: planning and services

[11 May 2008]

Be Prepared When Presenting Evidence in Court

whitepaper The manner and method that one chooses to present evidence to a judge or jury can greatly affect the outcome of one's case. One of the best ways to create a strong impression and build support for the client and case is by combining photographs...

Tags: presentation software

[11 May 2008]

Tribunal Supremo Electoral Improves Speed and Reliability of Vote Processing

whitepaper The Tribunal Supremo Electoral (Supreme Electoral Court) is the highest body that oversees voting in Ecuador. Supreme Electoral Court wanted to implement a reliable high-availability IT infrastructure to guarantee transparency and reliability of...

Tags: high availability

[11 May 2008]

OOXML row continues

News The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix users in an attempt to get the standards body to recant its approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format.

Tags: bsi, microsoft, ooxml

[02 May 2008]

Creating a Macro to Meet Court Requirements for Document Margins

whitepaper Different courts have different requirements, or preferences, for document margins. Frequently, they do not want all the pages treated the same way. For example, they usually want a larger top margin on the first page to allow space to stamp the...

Tags: word processing

[02 May 2008]

Legal Eye: Google declares trademark open season

Comment But as well as seeking greater uniformity in practice, the move was almost certainly prompted by a recent landmark court judgement in the case of Wilson v Yahoo! This month Google changed its policy on selling keyword search terms containing...

Tags: keywords, google, search engines, trademarks

[30 Apr 2008]

Microsoft earmarks $1.5bn for Yahoo! staff

News should it succeed in its unsolicited buyout bid for the internet search pioneer, according to court documents in a shareholder lawsuit cited by the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft plans to set aside $1.5bn for employee retention at Yahoo!

Tags: staff, yahoo, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

Samsung chief steps down after tax indictment

News The televised announcement by Lee Kun-hee, who has achieved almost heroic status in South Korea for his role in the fortunes of Samsung, came as a shock even in a society long used to its top businessmen being hauled into court.

Tags: ceo, samsung, tax

[22 Apr 2008]

The Case for Document Management

whitepaper Are you asking how to avoid court-imposed sanctions? Are you wondering how to keep the escalating costs of electronic and paper discovery to a minimum? Whether the objective is to handle litigation, deliver new contracts, or projects, companies...

Tags: document management, imposed, compliance, discovery

[16 Apr 2008]

VoIP a perfect fit for Gieves and Hawkes

Case Study The company's back office is split into two locations with design at Savile Row and finance and distribution at an office near Hampton Court. Bespoke tailor Gieves and Hawkes has moved over to a VoIP link between its two back offices to improve...

Tags: viatel, bt, voip

[15 Apr 2008]

Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release

News The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. The High Court decision means further delay while the Information Tribunal makes a new decision on publication of the reviews and the possibility of...

Tags: gateway reviews, national identity register, id cards

[14 Apr 2008]

Law Firm Makes a Case for GoToMyPC Pro

whitepaper Attorneys at Conway Farrell Curtin & Kelly frequently work away from the office, and need access to email, client files and court schedules. The firm required a remote-access solution that was easy to roll out and administer, while providing a high...

Tags: disaster recovery, gotomypc pro, high level, email

[10 Apr 2008]

9th Circuit -- State Law (UCC) Governs Security Interests in Unregistered Copyrights

whitepaper State law, not federal, governs the perfection and priority of security interests in unregistered copyrights, according to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Aerocon Engineering Inc.v. Silicon Valley Bank clarified this source of debate and...

Tags: priority, bank, court, source

[10 Apr 2008]

Digital Discovery in the Criminal Context

whitepaper As one district court judge aptly noted: "Judges and legislators faced with adapting existing legal standards to the novel environment of cyberspace struggle with terms and concepts…[and] not surprisingly, much of the legal analysis of Internet...

Tags: law and government, court, discovery, district

[10 Apr 2008]

People are mugs over identity theft

Comment The first he knew of it was a summons to court in Birmingham - he lived in London. Identity theft is rife. Perhaps it's time individuals took a leaf out of business's book and adopted a personal information policy that will make life harder for...

Tags: social networks, fraud, identity theft, security

[08 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.08

Round-Up You're not always taken entirely seriously when you have wings, antlers and don't exist. However, as it happens, the rather strange but law-abiding denizens of Second Life (no, not these guys… ) were the focus of attention this week as they made...

Tags: microsoft, apple, vista, hmrc

[04 Apr 2008]

California Superior Court Switches to VoIP to Improve Service and Cut Costs

whitepaper After thoroughly reviewing its options for replacing an aging Ericsson PBX-based telephone system with a new VoIP solution, the Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, ultimately partnered with ShoreTel for its IP telephony needs.

Tags: telephone, court, california, voip

[02 Apr 2008]

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