Morgan, Burden and Berry on IT Contracts, 10th edition

The 10th edition of Morgan, Burden, and Berry on IT Contracts:

• deals with the GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the latest guidance from the Information Commissioner;
• contains a new chapter and three precedents for artificial intelligence;
• includes a precedent for intermediation services based on Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services;
• discusses the Trade Secrets (Enforcement) Regulations 2018;
• makes extensive use of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation, and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013;
• considers the development of software licenses post SAP v Diageo;
• includes a completely rewritten section on export control, covering the US as well as the UK; discusses the increasingly common use of agile methodology in software development, and provides a suitable precedent;
• responds to the recommendation of formal agreements for data-sharing in the Information Commissioner’s latest code of practice with an updated precedent to cover data-sharing;
• examines in detail the key area of non-web-based services, looking at the impact of consultancy and outsourcing in the IT contractual context;
• recognizes the increasing relevance of web-based (e.g. Cloud) services by giving them a central place in the structure of the work; and
• examines afresh the topic of procurement and its relevance in the light of changing regulations.