In the last winter of the Second World War (1944-5), the Germans and the Allies fought a tank battle in the Ardennes region of France which has become known as the Battle of the Bulge, so called because of the initial German advance which caused a bulge in the Allied line as depicted in maps… Read More »
In 2010, about 8 years after filing for Chapter 11 protection, Polaroid entered into a contract with Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Polaroid used to be the film company of the future, famous for its instant film cameras. Its eventual bankruptcy in 2008 was widely attributed to the failure by management to anticipate the effect of… Read More »
When I first started writing this blog way back in August 2009, I decided that the purpose was to give a partly serious but also partly light hearted view on the world of e-discovery/disclosure. There are, out there, any number of learned and serious articles, blogs and tweets on all aspects of e-disclosure and some are… Read More »
Of all the poems I was made to learn at school, few have remained with me as much as Tennyson’s Morte d’Arthur. I cannot help but be moved by the opening lines: “So all day long the noise of battle rolled, among the mountains by the winter sea”. Lovers of legend will remember how the fatally… Read More »
I am now in a minority in my own country! Some people would say I have been heading that way for some time! However, it is now official. If you are a fan of Tom Cruise, or possibly Samantha Morton, you will remember the 2002 film, Minority Report, where, in the future, criminals are caught… Read More »
You put your left leg in You put your left leg out In, out, in, out Shake it all about You do the Hokey Cokey and you turn around That’s what it’s all about. First there was outsourcing. You know what I mean. Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) in exotic places like the Philippines, South Africa,… Read More »
Have you noticed how Network Rail persists in the use of the unfashionable word “alight” when talking to its “customers” ( I always think of myself as a passenger) about getting off a train? Have they got a secret supply of 1920s signs or tapes recorded in a different era which they continue to use… Read More »
Visiting museums and art galleries is an essential part of the experience of visiting new places. That is not to say that I do not from time to time visit museums in this country with which I am already familiar but the collections which tend to stand out in my mind are those which are… Read More »
In two recent blog posts at the tail end of last year Vox Stellarum and Waking the Dead and in case notes in our resources section I highlighted the US case of McMillen v Hummingbird Speedway Inc. To refresh your memory the case decided that log ins and passwords to social networking sites such as Facebook… Read More »
Writing this with the warm glow of the safely retained Ashes firmly in mind, my thoughts turn to the King James Bible whose 400th anniversary falls in 2011. Sometimes known as the Authorised Version, the King James Bible is an English translation of the Bible started at the instigation of King James VI of Scotland… Read More »