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Government shelves Equality Act timetable
The Government Equality Office (GEO) has withdrawn the timetable that detailed which parts of the recently passed Equality Act would come into force when. Some elements were due to come into force in October.
17/06/2010
Book review claim 'not serious enough' for libel action, says High Court
A book reviewer's slight of an author was not serious enough to form the basis of a libel case, the High Court has ruled. A threshold of seriousness must be crossed and that bar must be set high to discourage frivolous claims, the Court said.
17/06/2010
Government overhaul of UK financial regulation creates dangers, say experts
Plans for the shake-up of financial services regulation announced by UK Chancellor George Osborne last night raise more questions than answers, according to banking and financial legal experts.
17/06/2010
EU plan to share bank data with US is 'wholly unbalanced', says expert
The European Commission has agreed with the US the terms on which it will allow that country's authorities access to the banking details of EU citizens. But a privacy law expert said the plan gives US authorities freedom to make sweeping demands for data.
17/06/2010
Ad watchdog clears Costa over Starbucks comparison
Costa Coffee was entitled to make a claim that Starbucks drinkers preferred its coffee based on the results of a survey it carried out, regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.
17/06/2010
FSA tells firms to take care with social media promotions
Financial services firms should keep tabs on their social networking, other internet communications and iPhone apps to make sure that they stay up to date and compliant, according to regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
15/06/2010
OUT-LAW Radio: Privacy doublespeak
17/06/2010: We talk to one of the world's leading privacy law academics about what Google really means when it says 'privacy is important to us'. And he tells us what one measure would solve all our privacy woes.
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