articles archive

date	area of interest	title
23/04/2012	Public law, Telco / internet	Competition law needs an overhaul
31/01/2012	ICT	Is your development contract broken?
10/10/2011	ICT	Corporates and three strikes copyright law
01/10/2011	ICT	Getting IT Partnerships Right
13/05/2011	Public law, Telco / internet	How corporates can squeeze better mobile termination rates
01/05/2011	ICT	Cloud computing contracts often have poor terms: survey results
01/05/2011	Telco / internet	Mobile termination: wins for corporates
01/05/2011	ICT	Manage to advantage
01/09/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	Telecom vs ComCom '0867' decision a boon to monopolies
01/09/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	A good start by CFH but more thinking needed
16/08/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	How long before mobile regulation kicks in?
01/07/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	Net Neutrality: UK, France and US developments in May/June 2010
01/07/2010	Public law	Public Sector, "Buy NZ" and Free Trade Agreements
01/07/2010	Public law	New report on Australian PPPs: lessons for NZ
01/07/2010	Public law	PPPs: Handling conflicts of interest
16/06/2010	Public law, ICT	Cloud Computing: the reality; government procurement; and regulation/anti-trust: Address at Communicasia Singapore
16/06/2010	ICT	Cloud Computing for Public Sector Lawyers
16/06/2010	Public law, ICT	Cloud Computing: Regulatory/anti-trust risks and solutions
16/06/2010	Public law, ICT	Public Sector Procurement and Cloud Computing
01/06/2010	Public law, Telco / internet, Media	Getting the Deal Through - Telecoms and Media 2010
01/06/2010	Public law	Legislation Reform Facilitates and Coerces Health Sector Changes
01/06/2010	Public law	Health Procurement: major changes
01/06/2010	Public law	EC accepts NGA virtual unbundling but requires regulated pricing
23/05/2010	Public law	PPPs: One-to-One Discussions with bidders
01/05/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	Crown Fibre could face wrath of jilted bidders
01/05/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	Time to take Crown fibre back to the market
01/05/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	Australia National Broadband Network: the McKinsey/KPMG report
01/05/2010	ICT	Less than convenient termination
01/05/2010	ICT, Complex disputes	Outcomes-based contracts: Will suppliers step out of their comfort zones?
01/05/2010	ICT	Can a perpetual licence come to an end?
01/05/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	PPPs and Fibre Broadband Networks
01/05/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	Some interesting procurement issues for PPPs and other complex public procurement - the UFB initiative
01/05/2010	Public law	Public Procurement: Gagging bidder's litigation and adverse commercial activity
01/05/2010	Public law	Getting the Deal Through - Public Procurement: An overview of regulation in 46 jurisdictions worldwide
01/04/2010	Telco / internet	Getting mileage from the XT outages
01/04/2010	Public law, Telco / internet	What's needed for the MED EOI for NZ Rural Broadband Funding?
01/03/2010	ICT	Security in the Cloud
01/12/2009	ICT	UK Utility Billing Mess a Salutary Reminder for ICT projects
01/12/2009	ICT	Le Mans Enters the Racy World of Indemnities
01/11/2009	Public law	Margin Squeeze and Competition Law
01/11/2009	Complex disputes	eBay and Skype - International contractual choice of neutral countries for dispute resolution
01/11/2009	ICT	Cloud Computing - Privacy and Security Legal Issues
01/11/2009	Public law, Telco / internet	Functional and Structural Telco Separation: European and Australasian Developments
01/11/2009	Media	IPTV, Film and Media: a new option for Dispute Resolution
01/11/2009	Public law	Public Records Act – What to Put in Contracts with Suppliers to the Public Sector
01/10/2009	Public law, Telco / internet	New Net Neutrality: The Plot Thickens Internationally
01/10/2009	ICT	Implementing ERP
01/10/2009	Public law, Telco / internet	Mobile Services and Net Neutrality
01/09/2009	ICT	ERP Projects
01/09/2009	Public law, Telco / internet	Competition Law and Telecoms: 2009 Developments in the EU, the US and Australasia
01/09/2009	Media	Future Proofing IPTV Content Agreements: The Darling Buds of May
01/09/2009	Public law	Supreme Court Guidance on Commerce Commission Information Requests
01/08/2009	ICT	The Case against Cloud Computing … Revisited
01/07/2009	ICT	No Schedule is an Island
01/05/2009	Public law, Telco / internet, Media	Getting the Deal Through - Telecoms and Media: An overview of regulation in 52 jurisdictions worldwide (Global Competition Review)
01/04/2009	ICT	Recovering Losses from Wayward Vendors
01/02/2009	ICT	New Deals for Tough Times
01/01/2009	Public law	School bus tender: insights for procurement by NZ central/local Government, SOEs, etc
01/12/2008	ICT	Service Provider Security
01/11/2008	Public law	Public Records Act and Electronic Issues
01/10/2008	Public law, Telco / internet	Net Neutrality and Online Content
01/10/2008	ICT	Critical Need to Protect Software IP
01/09/2008	ICT	Panel Contracts’ Benefits for ICT
01/08/2008	Public law	Panel Contracts in the Public Sector
01/08/2008	Telco / internet	ISP copyright law will bite
01/07/2008	ICT	Relationship Enhancing Contracts
01/05/2008	Public law, Telco / internet	0867 Dials-up Competition Law Changes?
01/05/2008	Public law, Telco / internet	8 Years to Judgment is Too Long
01/04/2008	ICT, Telco / internet	IT Contracts: Telecommunication and Internet Issues
01/04/2008	ICT	Virtually Exposed
01/02/2008	ICT	New IP Guidelines
01/02/2008	ICT	Does the Board Carry the Can for ICT?
01/12/2007	ICT	Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Scores a Website/Blog Defamation Goal
01/12/2007	ICT	Ensure Software Ownership and Licence Detail is Agreed in Writing
01/11/2007	ICT	Corporate and Public Sector Governance: Who Carries the Can for ICT, Electronic Information and IP?
01/11/2007	Media	IP Rights Trump Competition Law: TV Transmission Spat Highlights Issues for Businesses
01/10/2007	Public law	School Buses Clarify Public Sector Procurement and Judicial Review
01/10/2007	ICT	Capping Liability
01/10/2007	Public law	Public Sector Panel Contracts - Freedom to Pick and Choose from the Panel?
01/10/2007	Public law	Electricity: Commerce Commission Notches up a Supreme Court Win
01/09/2007	Public law, Telco / internet	Commerce Commission issues new guidelines for broadband suppliers
01/09/2007	ICT, Public law, Telco / internet, Media	September 2007 Update: Convergence of Telecommunications, Broadcasting and the Internet: A Regulatory Perspective
01/09/2007	Media	Rugby World Cup : TV3 versus Sky – one-nil or a draw?
01/09/2007	Public law, Telco / internet	Demystifying What’s Happening in New Zealand’s Telecommunications Regulation
01/08/2007	ICT	Service-Level Blunders
01/07/2007	Public law	Mandatory Rules for Procurement – One Year On
01/06/2007	ICT, Public law, Telco / internet, Media	Convergence of Telecommunications, Broadcasting and the Internet: A Regulatory Perspective
01/06/2007	ICT, Public law	Laws to Beat Spamming
01/06/2007	Public law, Media	Convergence and the Media: Regulatory Review at Last
01/06/2007	Public law, Telco / internet	Update: Demystifying What's Happening in Telecommunications Regulation
01/06/2007	ICT	No, ma’am, this ain’t spam
01/06/2007	ICT	Fine-print Finesse: "Our ERP solution is the best thing since sliced bread..."
01/05/2007	ICT	Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act
01/04/2007	ICT, Complex disputes	On-line Employee Privacy versus Employer Protection
01/03/2007	ICT	Court of Appeal Changes Law on Restraint of Trade
01/03/2007	ICT	The Price of Predictability
16/02/2007	ICT	Navigating through SLA landmines
01/02/2007	Telco / internet	Broadband Wireless Spectrum: an impressive solution
01/02/2007	Telco / internet	Telstra must supply unbundled access to ISPs for dirt cheap $3.20 a month
01/01/2007	Public law	Retail Minus Pricing Panned by CAT
01/01/2007	Public law	Margin/Price Squeeze - A Landmark UK Judgment
01/01/2007	Public law, Telco / internet	Problems for NZ's UBS Pricing Apparent from New UK Judgment
01/12/2006	Telco/ internet, Media	New Copyright Legislation Focused on Digital Issues
01/12/2006	Public law	Two Early Christmas Presents for the Commerce Commission Chair
01/12/2006	ICT	Outcomes Focused SLAs
01/12/2006	ICT	Viagra and the Corporate Lawyer
01/12/2006	ICT	We Don't Spam, Do We?
01/12/2006	Complex disputes	Beware the Winner's Curse
16/10/2006	Complex disputes	Email Disclaimers: Fictional Wizardry?
01/09/2006	ICT	Privacy Implications for Information Technology
01/09/2006	Public law	Is a Standalone Industry Regulator the only way? Australia has a great example from the energy sector
01/09/2006	ICT	Capping Liability the Australian Way
01/09/2006	Telco / internet	Next Generation Networks - another reason why Telecom must have robust operational separation
01/08/2006	ICT	Who Owns Content on the Web? Singer, Billy Bragg, Drives a Big Change at Rupert Murdoch's MySpace.com
01/08/2006	ICT	Seeking Information from ISPs and Internet Content Providers about People to Sue: How Google Handled It
01/08/2006	Media	Movies Online - A world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
01/08/2006	Telco / internet, Media	Music, Movie and Software Providers Convert Arch-Nemesis Internet Piracy Channels into Great New Channels to Market
01/07/2006	ICT	What to do when an IT Contract hits your desk - 20 key questions
01/07/2006	ICT	Intellectual Property in IT Contracts
16/06/2006	Public law, Telco / internet	Breakup: What Telecom Could Look Like
01/06/2006	Complex disputes	Confidential Information Breaches Now Easier to Prove
01/06/2006	Public law	Government Procurement's Biggest Shake-Up in Years
01/06/2006	Public law, Telco / internet	Two Years for Mobile Market Change
01/05/2006	Public law, Telco / internet	Broadband Regulation - What's the Reality?
01/05/2006	ICT	Anti-Spam Legislation and ISPs - An Update
01/05/2006	ICT	Anti-Spam Legislation FAQs
01/05/2006	Public law	$189 Fares to Sydney*
01/05/2006	ICT	Electronic Health Records - 2006 Legal Update
01/04/2006	Public law, Telco / internet	Legal Hurdles to Telecommunications Change
01/03/2006	Public law	Government Purchasing Processes Set for the Biggest Change in Years
01/11/2005	Complex disputes	On-line Porn and Other Workplace Vices
01/11/2005	Public law	Public Sector Purchasing and the Ombudsman: A New Decision
01/07/2005	Complex disputes	A Wider Role for In-House Lawyers
01/06/2005	Media	Supreme Court Reverses Lord of the Rings Employment Decision
01/06/2005	Public law	Consultation Obligations and Public Sector Agencies
01/05/2005	Public law, Telco / internet	Commerce Commission's April 2005 UBS Draft Telecommunications Act Determination: An Overview
01/05/2005	Complex disputes	Police On-line Porn Blitz: Implications for Other Organisations
01/04/2005	ICT	Prosecutions for Supply or Use of Unlicensed Software & Other Intellectual Property: A New Case
01/04/2005	Public law, Telco / internet	Telecommunications Regulation: An introduction to the latest in the Internet/Data Space, and what can ISPs and others do about it?
01/04/2005	Public law	Tenders, RFPs and Competitive Purchasing: Traps for Unwary Buyers & Sellers
01/04/2005	Complex disputes	Contractual Indemnities: Public & Private Sector Implications
01/04/2005	ICT	Legal Developments in IT Security - 10th Annual IT Security Summit
18/02/2005	Complex disputes	Queen's Counsel Battles Air New Zealand: Can a Supplier Unilaterally Change Contract Terms?
18/02/2005	ICT	Confidential Information Breaches Can be Difficult to Prove
01/02/2005	ICT, Telco / internet	Are Subcontractors liable to the Head Contractor's Ultimate Customer? A Rolls-Royce Answer
01/02/2005	Complex disputes	Limitation of liability and related issues: Impact on suppliers & purchasers
01/12/2004	Media	Lord of the Rings Clarifies the Independent Contractor-Employee Divide
01/11/2004	ICT	Service Level Agreements - Are they worth the paper they are written on?
01/11/2004	Telco / internet	Computer users face Foot & Mouth risk: Cyber-crooks
01/11/2004	Complex disputes	Non-litigators working with and controlling Litigators
01/11/2004	Telco / internet	Telecommunication Service Level Agreements - Are they worth the paper they are written on?
15/10/2004	Complex disputes	Project Managers & Lawyers: A beautiful relationship?
01/09/2004	ICT	International Web Risk: Gutnick comes to New Zealand
01/09/2004	ICT	Tying up loose ends, and dispute resolution, in ICT contracts: Quicker, simpler, and better solutions?
28/06/2004	ICT	Electronic Health Records
01/06/2004	ICT	What to do when IT contracts are going wrong (and what to do to reduce risk)
01/05/2004	ICT	Corporate Governance and IT
01/05/2004	Media	Mike Hosking & Naomi Campbell develop privacy & confidentiality law
01/04/2004	ICT	Ensuring your Legal and IT Security - 9th Annual IT Security Summit
01/03/2004	Public law	Digital Record Keeping: Legal Aspects
01/02/2004	ICT	Computer Security and the Law
01/11/2003	ICT	Electronic Transactions Act 2002: An opportunity to streamline public sector processes
01/10/2003	ICT	Documents & Records Management - Electronic Transactions Act 2002
01/08/2003	ICT	Legal Compliance and IT Security - 8th Annual IT Security Summit
01/05/2003	ICT	SCO v IBM: The Linux Spat
01/04/2003	ICT, Telco / internet	Can ISPs read customer's emails?
01/04/2003	ICT	Software Escrow Agreements: A business continuity strategy
01/03/2003	ICT	Online Transactions & Security Risk: A brief overview
11/02/2003	Complex disputes	Getting closer & building positive relationships: Working together in Commerce & Technology
01/02/2003	Complex disputes	Heresy: Consideration not needed in contracts
01/10/2002	Telco / internet	$4.6M Claim against Clear for Internet Service Failure: What can suppliers learn
01/10/2002	ICT	Confidentiality and Restraint of Trade: Practical Issues
01/10/2002	ICT	Detail Matters: Don't leave fine print to lawyers
01/07/2002	ICT	Email Contracts and Email Risks
01/07/2002	ICT	Exporting Technology: Reducing legal and dollar risk
01/06/2002	ICT	Effective Transactions On-Line - Liability for On-line Statements
01/04/2002	ICT	Open Source Software

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