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. The way workplace disputes are handled will change from Monday. The Government's scrapping of the statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures is just one of the law changes that will come into effect on 6th April. Bloggers might be able to escape reporting restrictions on sensitive court cases because they have not been informed of the restrictions. An ongoing case about a boy said to have fathered a child at 12 years of age has highlighted the issue. The House of Lords has confirmed that negotiations conducted on a 'without prejudice' basis should not be brought up in court unless under very unusual circumstances. The Lords confirmed that there was a good public policy reason for the protection. A home shopping television channel has lost its legal bid to force its way higher up a satellite system's programming menu. JML failed to prove that the allocation of channel slots by Freesat was irrational. The European Commission has prepared a set of questions and answers as well as a flowchart to help companies understand when they can and when they cannot send personal data abroad. German authorities have ended their search for a female serial killer after discovering that DNA thought to be from 40 crime scenes actually came from a woman who packed the cotton swabs used to gather evidence. OUT-LAW Radio: Should IP law even exist? 02/04/2009: We hear from two economists who think that scrapping copyright and patent law would make the world a more creative and richer place
This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
Workplace grievance and flexible working laws change on Monday
02/04/2009Reading this story will restrict your freedom to blog
01/04/2009Lords bolster protection for 'without prejudice' negotiations
01/04/2009Shopping channel's legal bid for higher ranking in TV menu fails
31/03/2009European Commission publishes guidance on overseas transfers of personal data
31/03/2009DNA at crime scenes was innocent worker's, not phantom killer's, says prosecutor
30/03/2009
Friday, 3 April 2009
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