A Manager's Guide to IT Law 2nd Edition

Description

This comprehensive guide for management professionals discusses the IT-related legal issues faced by businesses on a daily basis. Legal concepts and terminology are notoriously difficult for non-specialists, especially in the fast-moving field of IT. This book explains, in plain English, the most relevant legal frameworks, with examples from actual case law used to illustrate the kinds of problems and disputes that most commonly arise. Contents include IT Contracts; Systems Procurement Contracts; Avoiding Employment Problems; Instructing an IT Consultant; Intellectual Property Law for Computer Users; Cloud Computing; Outsourcing; Source Code Escrow; Data Protection; Doing Business Online; Setting Up Joint Ventures; Freedom of Information; WEEE Regulations; Resolving Disputes

A small but perfectly-formed legal guide to spotting potential IT problems...With this book you'll stay on the right side of a very complex subject.

CONTENTS:

1 IT contracts

2 Systems procurement contracts

3 Avoiding employment problems

4 Intellectual property law for computer users

5 Source code escrow

6 Outsourcing

7 Data protection

8 Doing business online

9 Setting up joint ventures

10 Cloud computing

11 Open source

12 WEEE regulations

13 Freedom of information

14 Resolving disputes