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View online 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    This week's highlights from Out-Law News TMT & Sourcing and Intellectual Property Government allocates £114m to 10 cities in bid to deliver on 'superfast' broadband pledge London has been allocated £25 million of Government funding to help the city deliver a 'superfast' broadband network. 20/09/2012   Government must deliver broadband to rural Wales before it turns efforts to improving network speeds, MPs say It is more of a priority for everyone living in Wales to have access to at least a basic broadband service than for the UK to have the fastest broadband service in Europe by 2015, a Parliamentary committee has said. 20/09/2012 OFT issues guidance to online retailers over delivering to remote areas Retailers should make it clear from the outset when residents of remote areas will be charged extra for delivery in online sales, consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.  20/09/2012 'Arms length' public service delivery should not block FOI access, says watchdog The Scottish Government should, "as an immediate priority", expand the scope of Scotland's freedom of information (FOI) laws to external organisations that deliver public services, the Scottish Information Commissioner has said. 19/09/2012 Copyright reforms needed now, but future 'tweaking' without consultation must be avoided, says expert The Government must reform UK copyright law in order to restore the public and business’s "respect" in the "integrity" of the framework, an expert has said. 19/09/2012 Consumers will share personal information with businesses if they feel it is mutually beneficial to do so, says think tank Businesses stand to benefit if they grant consumers more control over how their personal data is used, a policy think-tank has said. 19/09/2012 Infrastructure Government awards contract to publicise new construction procurement opportunities Construction data company Balfour ABI has been awarded the contract to publish the Government's regular construction procurement opportunities bulletin, advertising around £40 billion worth of opportunities, it has announced. 20/09/2012 Financial Services To share or not to share: insurers, banks and regulatory requests John Salmon’s Financial Services blog Sharing information is at the heart of financial services, but this week's events show that it is never a simple or easy issue. 20/09/2012 New 'Task Force' charged with setting out global principles on financial market 'benchmarks' The managing director of the UK's City regulator is leading a new global 'Task Force' that has been charged with establishing a new set of "principles" governing "benchmarks" that are used to calculate the value of stocks, bonds and other financial instruments. 20/09/2012  Banking Treasury consults on Bank of England's new financial stability powers The Government has published the details of planned new powers intended to give the Bank of England the ability to promote financial stability, including the ability to impose tougher capital requirements on troubled sections of the market. 20/09/2012 Pensions Change to RPI inflation calculation could benefit pension scheme owners, expert says A forthcoming consultation which will set out possible changes to the way the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation could provide a "funding boost" to pension scheme owners, an expert has said. 19/09/2012 Real Estate Sale of real estate loan books should entice UK investors, says expert OPINION: Commercial real estate has fallen drastically in value in the recession, giving US private equity firms the chance to buy up under valued debt and sell the distressed property assets they were secured on at a healthy profit. 19/09/2012   Pinsent Masons: combining the experience, resources and international reach of McGrigors and Pinsent Masons   About this email This is a weekly email for subscribers of Out-Law.com, a website with more than 10,000 pages of 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 .   Please forward this email to your friends. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like your own subscription, register here. Copyright © 2012 Pinsent Masons LLP, All rights reserved.  You are receiving this email because you are a contact of Out-Law.com or Pinsent Masons LLP and your details are held in their clients and contacts database  Our mailing address is:  Pinsent Masons LLP 30 Crown Place London, UK EC2A 4ES United Kingdom Add us to your address book