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. US-based social networks should apply EU law to EU citizens, EU Commissioner Viviane Reding has said. EU privacy laws should apply to citizens' data regardless of where or how it is hosted or processed, she said. The reforms of competition law proposed by the Government today could lead to more people being convicted of the criminal cartel offence, according to one expert. Journalists will be able to rely on the defence that they published responsibly and in the public interest in defamation cases, according to reforms proposed by the Government. A defence of 'honest opinion' will replace that of 'fair comment'. A Twitter post about election day goings-on at a polling station was defamatory and will lead to a payout from one Welsh politician to another, according to a court-approved settlement. A project designed to identify the copyright status of European works will be extended to cover multimedia material and could become a vital tool in the reform of the law surrounding orphan works, a European Commissioner has said. A group-buying website may have breached consumer protection laws when its advertising for cheap iPhones encouraged 15,000 people to sign up to its scheme despite there being only 8 phones for sale at the advertised price, a consumer regulator has said. This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
EU privacy law will extend to US social networks, vows Commissioner
17/03/2011Competition law reform could lead to more criminal prosecutions, says expert
16/03/2011Public interest defence against libel proposed, but campaigners call for more radical action
16/03/2011Politician will make defamation payout over Twitter post
15/03/2011EU copyright database could form basis of reform of law on orphan works, says EU commissioner
15/03/2011OFT says group-buying deal may have breached consumer laws
14/03/2011
Friday, 18 March 2011
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