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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... [31 Jan 2008]
Call for tougher online retail age checks
News Eversheds partner Jonathan Armstrong welcomed the move in principle, but was unsure from Moran's comments how the law, if it came into being, would be enforced. An MP is calling for a change in the law to force online... [21 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... [03 Jan 2008]
Security experts slam HMRC over data loss
News Jonathon Armstrong, principal partner at law firm Eversheds drew parallels with a similar security breaches in the US last year, when 26 million armed forces veterans' personal data was lost and when retailer TJX lost... [22 Nov 2007]
Law firm inks £27m IT deal
News International law firm Eversheds has signed a £27m managed services deal which will see it hand over the management of its UK service desk and desk-side support along with the hosting of its data centres to Computacenter... [05 Jun 2007]
Blair hires controversial US election cyberactivist
News Law firm Eversheds warned of the legal dangers of cybersquatting and said the political parties also risk alienating voters if they mislead them using these kinds of tactics. Cassie Beasley, intellectual property expert... [15 Apr 2005]
5 years ago... Over a third of UK websites branded illegal
News 27.10.98: More than a third of UK companies are breaking the law with their corporate websites, according to law firm Eversheds. Andy Lucas, a solicitor at Eversheds, agreed that the offences might seem... [27 Oct 2003]
Chip firm's 'illegal' $7bn subsidy under scrutiny
News Andre Bywater, EU lawyer at law firm Eversheds, said: "This is serious stuff. Hynix Semiconductor is being investigated by the European Union for allegedly receiving government subsidies to reduce the price of chips sent... [24 Jul 2002]
Lone e-tailer starts crusade against Yahoo! and Hotmail
News However, this statement is heavily disputed by Kate Fox, technology legal specialist at Eversheds law firm. A UK e-tailer has resorted to naming and shaming Hotmail and Yahoo! on his website after the companies failed to... [12 Jul 2002]
Illegal links should worry British websites
News Kate Fox, a lawyer at legal firm Eversheds, explained that under the European Copyright Directive, copyright law is the same in every member state. A Danish judge has banned a news site from linking to the web pages of... [09 Jul 2002]
City firms wide open to drive-by hacks
News Jonathan Armstrong, senior associate at law firm Eversheds, claimed that IT directors have no excuse for not thoroughly securing a wireless network based on the 802.11b standard because the mass of information available... [01 May 2002]
UK shamed as government misses ecommerce deadline
News Jonathan Armstrong, senior partner at law firm Eversheds, said: "In the past the EU has taken action against member states for failing to comply with Directive deadlines. The UK government will definitely miss the... [08 Jan 2002]
ISPs to duck legal costs in message board libel cases
News Jonathan Armstrong, senior associate at law firm Eversheds, said: "ISPs are more likely to disclose user information if they get some recompense for costs that previously they'd had to foot themselves. [07 Jan 2002]
Cyber-cops mull new strategy to bag web villains
News Jonathan Armstrong, senior associate at law firm Eversheds, said such a scheme could be beneficial. The police are considering a radical new scheme to allow firms who blow the whistle on cybercrime to get guaranteed... [05 Dec 2001]
Brussels starts meting out spam laws
News James Fry, a lawyer with Eversheds, said: "This decision to allow member states to opt in or out is a backwards step. The European Parliament has decided that member states can opt whether to allow spamming over... [13 Nov 2001]
