Articles: May, 2008

Guardian in online reader scoop

May 30, 2008

Those toiling within The Guardian’s brand new King’s Cross HQ will be pleased with Nielson Online. According to data released by the online researcher, The Guardian remains the most popular online newspaper among Britons, with 3.0 million unique visitors logging on from home and work in April 2008. See this link for more.

Mosley issues libel writ in France

May 30, 2008

There’s an interesting development in the saga involving Max Mosley and his underground activities. As The Guardian reports here, he has issued proceedings for defamation and invasion of privacy against the News of the World – in France.
French privacy laws were, for a long time, much stronger than their UK equivalent. Lately, English courts have [...]

It’s official: blogs are good for lawyers

May 29, 2008

Carolyn Elefant writes engagingly on Law.com about a number of things, not least the benefits of blogging. Here, with thanks, is an extract from today’s newsletter, in which she suggests that blogging really is good for lawyers.
A few months ago, I hypothesized that blogging could help lawyers beat the blues by giving [...]

Information overload – and what lawyers can do about it

May 28, 2008

Blade was once a practising solicitor, back in the halcyon days when email and the internet were but twinkles in a costs draughtsman’s eye. Now, however, as this paper by George Paul and Jason Baron on the Spada blog shows, we are awash with information. The information overload is a serious matter for the legal [...]

YouTube in £506m copyright claim

May 28, 2008

YouTube has served its defence in what might, with a touch of English understatement, be characterised as a ’significant’ piece of litigation.
YouTube, owned by Google, is on the receiving end of the £506m claim by Viacom, which owns MTV, Comedy Central and other channels. Viacom alleges that 150,000 unauthorised clips appear on YouTube, which, it [...]