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. Welcome to the first edition of the new look Out-Law.com newsletter. This week we launched a new, expanded Out-Law.com, and the weekly newsletter has changed to reflect that. We are still bringing you the latest in technology law news, which will appear first in our mail outs. But from this week you will also be able to read selected stories from Out-Law.com’s expanded coverage of all business law. We hope you like our new look and our expanded service, but if it is not to your tastes you can ask not to receive it by replying to this email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. (We'd also appreciate you telling us why you've decided to unsubscribe.) A court clerk is the first person to be charged with an offence under new UK bribery laws, prosecutors have said.
The number of EU consumers buying over the internet doubled in a five year period, according to a study published by the European Parliament.
An organisation which has previously helped voters to use internet technologies to keep tabs on MPs has launched a service to help UK commuters to provide collective feedback on public transport services.
Pupils should learn about privacy and information rights at school, the UK's data protection watchdog has said.
The number of online defamation cases brought to English and Welsh courts has more than doubled in the past year, a new report has said, according to media reports.
Companies signed up to a self-regulatory code on online behavioural advertising may still not be compliant with EU laws on cookies, EU privacy watchdogs have said.
A Tax Tribunal ruling will not change policy on the VAT that employment agencies should pay, HMRC has said.
Employers will have to be more careful about how they pay their employees for motoring expenses after a tax tribunal ruling (9-page / 63KB PDF) that lump-sum allowances could be subject to national insurance contributions (NICs).
More than half of workers are "totally unaware" that they will be auto-enrolled into a pension plan when changes to the law come into force next year, according to a survey.
Judges should take care when publishing personal information which could be used by criminals on social networking sites, the Judiciary of England and Wales has warned.
Debt management companies could be prevented from contacting consumers through social media after a regulator review revealed "widespread problems with misleading advertising" in the sector.
New laws aimed at regulating pre-packaged insolvency sales will be delayed until at least next April, the government has confirmed.
As many as five million small businesses could benefit from simpler financial reporting requirements, according to recently published Government proposals.
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Technology
First person is charged under new UK bribery laws, prosecutors say
01/09/2011EU online shoppers double in number but changes to laws needed, new study says
01/09/2011'Democracy website' organisation launches transport complaints site
31/08/2011Children should be taught importance of privacy in mainstream education, ICO says
31/08/2011Online defamation court cases on the rise, research says
30/08/2011Advertising code not cookie law compliant, data protection watchdogs say
29/08/2011Tax
Ruling will not impact employment agency VAT rules, says HMRC
01/09/2011Lump sum motoring expenses subject to NICs if not linked to mileage, tribunal says
01/09/2011Pensions
Half of workers unaware of pension auto-enrolment reforms
01/09/2011Litigation and arbitration
Judges should be wary of social media, says guidance
29/08/2011Banking and restructuring
OFT could prevent debt management companies from using social media
01/09/2011New pre-pack insolvency rules to be delayed
26/08/2011Corporate
Simpler financial reporting requirements for small companies proposed
30/08/2011
Friday, 2 September 2011
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