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. An Italian politician has called for details of internet users' online activity to be recorded in order to better identify paedophiles and sexual predators. The High Court has given BT 14 days from today to block their customers' access to a copyright infringing website. Microsoft has defended its use of patents after announcing its latest licensing agreement with a device manufacturer that supports Google's Android operating system. Individuals can sue internet publishers in each country in which they believe their image has been harmed as a result of content posted online, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Facebook has denied that it builds 'shadow profiles' of individuals that do not use the social networking site, according to media reports. An independent appeals body will determine the precise scope of new regulations on online copyright infringement, Ofcom has said, according to media reports. Unproductive workers should lose their right to claim unfair dismissal, according to a leaked Government report. An insurer cannot refuse to pay fees for an insured's choice of solicitor solely because the solicitor's rates are higher than a limit stipulated by the insurers, a court has said. A businessman has been charged with corruption over the supply of aluminium to Bahrain, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said. The two main parties involved in last year's oil spill and explosion in the Gulf of Mexico have announced a $4 billion settlement arrangement. The Government is to change the legislation governing when local authorities can contribute to the costs associated with building and running academies, it has confirmed. Financial incentives for renewable electricity generated through wave and tidal stream technologies will be more than doubled in England and Wales from 2013 onwards under plans proposed by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The Government is taking "urgent legal advice" over financial incentives employers are offering pension scheme members to "sign away their rightful pension entitlements," the Pensions Minister has said. This is a weekly email for subscribers of Out-Law.com, a website with more than 10,000 pages of free legal news and guidance. If and when you need further advice, we hope you'll choose Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com.
This week's news on Out-Law.com
TMT & Sourcing and IP
Details of all internet traffic should be logged, MEP says
27/10/2011BT given 14 days to block access to Newzbin2
26/10/2011Patent licence agreements overtaking lawsuits, Microsoft says
26/10/2011Internet publishers liable for privacy invasion in each country material is accessible, ECJ rules
25/10/2011Facebook audit set to begin amidst claims of unlawful personal data storage
24/10/2011Scope of Ofcom copyright code to be determined by appeals body
24/10/2011Employment
"Coast along" employees should lose right to unfair dismissal, leaked report says
27/10/2011Insurance
'Before the event' legal insurers cannot refuse an insured's solicitor solely because of rates, court says
26/10/2011Regulatory
Businessman charged with bribery of Bahraini officials following SFO investigation
25/10/2011Litigation & international arbitration
BP and Anadarko reach settlement over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
25/10/2011Construction
Government to change law on local authority academy expenses
25/10/2011Financial incentives for wave and tidal energy schemes to double from 2013 under Government plans
25/10/2011Pensions
Government taking legal advice to stop 'dodgy' pension incentives
20/10/2011
Friday, 28 October 2011
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