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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]
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 means no one can plead... [01 May 2002]
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 electronic devices as a default in... [13 Nov 2001]
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 certain newspapers. [09 Jul 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 anonymity. [05 Dec 2001]
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]
eBay pays a high price for fakes
Comment Kate Withers and Kate Ellis are associates in the Intellectual Property team at international law firm Eversheds. The French courts have already dealt several financial blows to eBay. But an adverse ruling in its US case with Tiffany & Co could... [01 Aug 2008]
SMS marketing to be hit by legal challenge
News Eversheds lawyer Jonanthan Armstrong questioned the DTI's intentions towards the 1985 companies act. The use of SMS as a marketing tool could be severely hampered by government plans to control corporate usage of electronic communications. [21 Aug 2001]
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 retailers to introduce tougher... [21 Jan 2008]
Intel 'flexes its muscles' in name game
News To have a letter like this is incredibly worrying and very damaging.silicon.com has obtained an example copy of the letter sent by Intel's lawyers, Eversheds. The chip giant has contacted numerous firms, all of which use the word "Intel" in their... [24 Oct 2000]
