Friday, 27 March 2009

OUT-LAW.COM: IT & e-commerce legal help from international law firm Pinsent Masons

Hi, here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, there are plenty of other stories from this week. You can also access our archive of weekly emails.

This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM

MEPs back consumer class actions in competition cases

The European Parliament has backed European Commission proposals that would allow consumers to band together to take action against companies that breach competition law.
26/03/2009

Businesses are not always free to change lawyers, rules tribunal

Companies may begin to use complex commercial services contracts when engaging law firms after a case underlined the rights of workers whose jobs are transferred to another firm.
25/03/2009

Privacy group asks web's biggest names to reject Phorm system

A digital rights group has written to the internet's major companies asking them to opt out of a controversial behavioural advertising system in order to protect site users' privacy. Companies can choose to have their sites excluded from the system.
24/03/2009

Courts must read effect into ambiguous contracts, says Court of Appeal

When a contract is poorly drafted and its effect unclear courts should interpret it in order to give it force rather than to render it void, the Court of Appeal has said.
24/03/2009

Lawyer-client privilege can't stop surveillance, says House of Lords

The state is allowed to bug communication between lawyers and their clients, the House of Lords has said. The UK's highest court ruled that spy law the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) allows lawyers' conversations to be bugged.
23/03/2009

How to protect your brand in China

FEATURE: Intellectual property laws have come a long way in China. Brands entering the territory just need to make a few preparations, warns Hong Kong lawyer Alison Ross.
20/03/2009

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