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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Our Information Technology
Department was formed in 1998 with the objectives firstly to tackle the
Y2K problem and secondly to focus on the various legal issues arising
from e-commerce and other information technology driven products.
Since its inception, lawyers from this Department
and the Corporate and Commercial Department have been advising clients on
web-site design, outsourcing agreements, sale of portals and on the
legality of certain products sold or services provided on the Internet.
They also advised universities and tertiary institutions in Hong Kong on
startup incubation joint ventures, shareholding structure and financing
strategies.
Lawyers from this Department and the Litigation and
Dispute Resolution Department have also advised clients on libel action
on the Internet and possible breaches of provisions in the Personal Data
(Privacy) Ordinance.
In the past few years, we have made significant
achievements on database design by programmes developed by the IT staff
of our firm. We apply information technology to improve our service
delivery, upgrade the value of our customer services and enhance our
efficiency and productivity in all our services. Our Information
Technology Department will continue to promote a more pervasive
e-environment that brings the ultimate benefit of electronic document
management to our law practice.
The "New Economy" calls for new approach
to old problems, thereby opening up another dimension of legal frontier.
This is an exciting time to be in as lawyers have a chance to shape the
legal topography with every new invention in the field of information
technology.
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