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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

In-house lawyers have no right to secrecy in EU competition cases, says CJEU advisor

In-house lawyers have no right to keep all of their communications with their employers secret when the company is being investigated by the European Commission for breaches of EU competition law, according to an Advocate-General.
29/04/2010

Did HP buy Palm just for the patents?

OPINION: It has been a long time since handheld-computer pioneer Palm set the consumer or stock markets alight, yet Hewlett-Packard was prepared this week to pay $1.2 billion for it. In cash. 
29/04/2010

Security breaches rise dramatically, despite spending surge, finds PwC

Companies are spending more on IT security than ever but are suffering from a rapidly escalating number of attacks and breaches, according to consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
28/04/2010

ACTA year-long impounding of suspected fakes could hurt businesses

OPINION: Outrage over the contents of the till-now secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has focused on the potential harm to consumers. But now that a draft has been published we can see that it could do serious harm to businesses too.
28/04/2010

Google convictions in Italy based on legal error, says expert

The Italian court which sentenced three Google executives to a suspended jail term made a legal error, according to an Italian legal expert who has studied the judgment. Elvira Berlingieri told OUT-LAW that Google was likely to win any appeal.
27/04/2010

Murdoch news wire pursues 'hot news' claim

News agency Dow Jones Newswires is suing an online news distributor based on US law's controversial 'hot news' doctrine. The court-created right came into being in 1918 and has recently been revived in internet cases.
26/04/2010

OUT-LAW Radio: Existing copyright law could protect free speech

29/04/2010: We talk to an academic about the existing clause of US copyright law that could strip companies of their rights if they use copyright to bully critics.