Alasdair Taylor's blog
Contract contraction: is short the new long?
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Thu, 02/08/2012 - 10:18Troll hunting: forum abuse and the law
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Thu, 26/07/2012 - 13:5110 things you should know about ... publishing law
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Mon, 23/07/2012 - 09:53Writing an SEO contract
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Thu, 19/07/2012 - 14:41Internet marketing for lawyers: good, bad or ugly?
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Tue, 03/07/2012 - 16:02In the good old days of legal practice, effective marketing meant being good at your job, and once in a while taking clients out for long, expensive and boozy lunches. That, at least, is what a senior partner at an international law firm once told me. Those days, if not entirely mythical, are long gone. In this post I'm going to look at the nexus between internet marketing and legal services. I'll consider how the peculiar features of legal businesses affect the marketing of legal services online.
Non est factum in the 21st Century
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Thu, 28/06/2012 - 16:45101 ways to NOT get sued
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Mon, 25/06/2012 - 17:43Transferring IP rights in software
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 15:51Cookies, consents and browser settings
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Mon, 11/06/2012 - 07:41The UK ICO's last-minute revisions to its official guidance on the cookie laws focused on the possibility of "implied consent" for the use of cookies. This softening of the ICO's position was sensible, notwithstanding that the whole cookie law saga brings EU tech law into disrepute. There was, however, another option open to the ICO. They could have taken the position that consent could be indicated by browser settings.