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This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM

Government unveils plans to reduce number of employment tribunal claims

The Government will remove the right of employees of one year standing to make unfair dismissal claims, will allow more Employment Tribunals to sit with a single judge and could ask claimants to pay to make a claim, it has said.
27/01/2011

Intel purchase of McAfee cleared by EU after Intel makes interoperability promises

The European Commission has approved Intel's purchase of security software company McAfee after the chip maker promised to ensure that other security software worked with its hardware.
27/01/2011

Government lays ISP copyright notification plans before Parliament

The Government has laid before Parliament its proposal on how the controversial copyright infringement notification system proposed in last year's Digital Economy Act (DEA) will work.
26/01/2011

Academics urge EU bodies to reject ACTA

The governing bodies of the European Union should reject the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) because it does not comply with EU or international law, a collection of law academics has said.
26/01/2011

Privacy watchdog urges stronger data protection in EU law review

Organisations which lose personal data should be forced to disclose the data security breach, the European Union's privacy watchdog has said. Planned changes to EU privacy law do not go far enough, said the official.
24/01/2011

Already-published information ensures anonymity for privacy case subject, rules court

The identity of a person at the centre of an alleged photograph and video blackmail attempt can stay anonymous, the High Court has ruled. Anonymity is required because some information about the case is already in the public domain, it said.
24/01/2011

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