The In-House Lawyer

Pong without ping: latency in videogames Andy Moseby (left) and Paul Hinton (right) of Kemp Little LLP discuss time lag and latency in the development of videogames and the implications that they may have for the multimillion-pound gaming industry.... Read more	Proposed new European Data Protection Regulation: a Data Privacy Day gift from the European Commissi Saturday 28 January saw the annual Data Privacy Day1 once again upon us – an annual effort to alert the world to the importance of data protection, which, to date, has had varying degrees of ... Read more
Trends in information technology law: looking ahead to 2012 Going into 2012, we’re now a decent enough distance away from September 2008 to know that the world changed and that the next few years will continue to be, well, different or the new normal, ... Read more	Consumer Rights Directive: the online shopper strikes back? Following protracted considerations by various parts of the EU legislature, the EU Council of Ministers adopted a new Consumer Rights Directive on 10 October 2011. As can be seen below, the terms of this new ... Read more
Tax traps on technology transactions Whether buying or selling a technology company, there are a number of tax traps that may arise. Below, we discuss some of the tax traps that we have come across in recent transactions.... Read more	Feeding the whales: how video game business models have changed, and what this means for M&A It seems to be an industry dichotomy: at a time when publishers are closing established development studios – recent casualties Black Rock, Blue Tongue, Kaos and Bizarre spring immediately to mind – the number and ... Read more
The battle against system latency Avoiding unnecessary delays in IT systems has become increasingly important. Paul Hinton (left), Edwin Baker (centre) and Chris Hill (right) examine the issues raised by latency... Read more	Legal rights and duties in data Data is increasingly central to many, if not most, sectors: businesses are focusing as never before on protecting and exploiting their own data, and getting access to others’ data that they need on the b... Read more
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