Waterfront’s team of IT lawyers were hard at work last Wednesday as they presented the Winter IT Seminar to a crowd of people at the Prince’s Foundation in trendy Shoreditch. Thank you to all those who came along and to our friends from aQovia for participating. For those who could not…
It’s been a bit serious in the blog recently, so in an effort to lighten the tone a little, we thought we’d put together a list of the 5 most unusual pieces of legislation ever introduced over the years (or, to be more accurate, centuries). Some, remarkably, are…
The rise of Twitter has brought with it both a new form of celebrity voyeurism and, more importantly, a host of fresh opportunities and challenges for marketers, law makers, regulators and legislators alike. Footballers Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere found themselves in something of an offside position following…
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Previously on the Waterfront blog, we’ve written about how contracts are formed. Our two part series explained the well-established principle that contracts are created when an offer is accepted. During a successful contract negotiation, both parties might make amendments to a proposed contract. Each change effectively amounts to a rejection…
Recently I was asked to do a presentation to the Amazon (AWS) Cloud sales team to discuss why, from my perspective, they don’t put their money where their mouth is; or in other words, why their agreements/SLAs do not support their sales pitch. Whether they did or didn’t…
Part 1 of this blog went into some detail about contract offers, which is one of the requirements for the formation of a binding contract. However, to complete the contract, that offer must be accepted… So how can an offer be accepted? A signature is probably the most…