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. A group of companies can be guilty of breaking competition law even if they only meet once and the action taken does not result in higher prices for consumers, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. A proposed treaty that would change copyright laws to allow the supply of books across borders for the benefit of blind people has survived resistance from the US, UK, France, Germany and other countries. The first British Standard on the management of personal data was published on Tuesday. The Standard has been developed to establish best practice and aid compliance with data protection law. A code of conduct for handling personal data was launched in London yesterday. But the document is inconsistent on the need for consent when collecting personal data, according to a data protection expert. Sometimes consent is not necessary, he said. A school that is being sued for failing to prevent a vicious attack on a pupil does not need to give the victim's legal team access to a database of pupil misbehaviour because the disclosure would be disproportionate and breach children's human rights. Consumers are spoilt for choice when they seek content online and are confused about what is legal and not legal, according to a report published on Friday. That confusion, and the ease of lawbreaking, present challenges for Government, the authors say. OUT-LAW Radio returns next week. 
This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
A single meeting can count as market-rigging activity, says ECJ
04/06/2009Copyright treaty backing e-books for disabled readers survives US and EU resistance
03/06/2009British Standard on data protection is published
03/06/2009Code for handling personal data is muddled, says lawyer
02/06/2009Privacy rights thwart evidence search in hammer attack lawsuit
02/06/2009Britons confused by legality of downloads, finds report
01/06/2009
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Friday, 5 June 2009
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