We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics.
If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Lexology logo
  Request new password

Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 14

Ten tech law resolutions for 2012

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 26 2012

January is a great time to make some resolutions for the coming year

Fighting spam and spyware Canadian style Part II

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 2 2011

In addition to dealing with commercial electronic messages, Canada’s new anti-spam legislation focuses on combatting so-called "spyware."

Risks of cloud computing part II

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 24 2011

While the cloud model for obtaining computing resources offers many benefits including its relatively low price compared to other models it doesn't come without a range of risks to manage

Location-based services and privacy law - Part II

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 11 2010

In the last TLQ, we canvassed the technologies (including cellphone, GPS and Wi-Fi) that have unleashed a plethora of location-based services (LBS) that are accessible over the Internet and through a wide range of mobile devices

Risks of cloud computing - Part I

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 11 2010

With the next big wave in IT - so-called "cloud computing" - starting to hit the shores of the corporate world, now is a good time to begin to grasp what cloud computing entails and how to manage the legal risks it kicks up

Managing subcontracting risk

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 11 2010

When outsourcing to IT service providers, customers should be aware of the risks posed by their suppliers' use of subcontractors and take steps to manage those risks

Limits on contractual limits of liability Part II

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 11 2010

While courts have declined to enforce contractual limitation of liability (LOL) clauses that are ambiguous, unconscionable or contrary to public policy, pre-contractual warranties can also undermine the effectiveness of these clauses

Location-based services and privacy law part I

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 11 2010

Real estate lawyers have long known the prime axiom of their industry's business success: location, location, location

Managing subcontracting risk

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 20 2010

When I was young, a local television station would regularly run a public service announcement just before the late night news: "It's 11 o'clock, do you know where your children are?"

Limits on contractual limits of liability - Part I

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 13 2010

While the term "LOL" in an Internet chat environment denotes a jocular sentiment (i.e., "laugh out loud"), in the context of legal contracts an "LOL" clause is no laughing matter