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View online Hi, here is your weekly round-up of Out-Law News highlights from international law firm Pinsent Masons.  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 exceeding targets on cutting IT expenditure, says NAO The Government's drive to reduce the amount it spends on IT services is "working", according to a spending watchdog. 24/01/2013 ICO fines Sony £250,000 over security failings that exposed 'millions' of UK customers' personal data The UK's data protection watchdog has fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited £250,000 after finding the company had not taken sufficient steps to prevent the loss of "vast" amounts of personal data belonging to millions of UK consumers. 24/01/2013 Growing number of companies supporting BYOD, according to survey A growing number of businesses are supporting employees' use of personal devices for carrying out work tasks with formal policies, according to a new survey. 23/01/2013 New guidance given to banks on using of social media stresses importance of managerial oversight Banks should have procedures in place for monitoring the information they post on social media sites, a US regulator has said. 23/01/2013 Boosting presence of EU-based cloud providers would improve business take-up of cloud services, says EESC The European Commission must do more to encourage EU-based cloud providers to emerge as effective competitors to providers based in the US, an EU consultative body has said. 22/01/2013 The re-sale of digital music and video files in the EU may not be found to infringe copyright, says expert Courts in the EU may not deem the re-sale of digital music and video files by businesses operating within the trading bloc as copyright infringement, an expert has said. 18/01/2013 Infrastructure New 'hub' airport will likely cost more to build than it would make, according to research Construction of a new 'hub' airport for London would cost more than projected revenues under "most" scenarios, according to new research carried out on behalf of the Transport Select Committee. 24/01/2013 Litigation and International Arbitration Legal privilege does not apply to advice from non-lawyers, rules Supreme Court Legal professional privilege (LPP) should only apply to communications between lawyers and their clients and not to accountants, the Supreme Court has ruled. Any extension of LPP is a matter for Parliament, not the courts, it said. 23/01/2013 Publication of Jackson regulations is 'starting point' of 1 April reforms, says expert The publication of three draft statutory instruments (SIs) that will implement part of the 'Jackson' reforms to civil court costs and procedures shows that the Government remains intent on a 1 April start date, an expert has said. 24/01/2013 Financial Services Eleven member states to go ahead with financial transaction tax after EU approval EU member states including Germany and France will introduce a tax on financial transactions between participating countries after EU members gave their approval to an 'enhanced cooperation' agreement. 23/01/2013 Expert group to analyse whether EU legal framework constrains cross-border insurance trade A new "expert group" will advise the European Commission on whether the cross-border trade of insurance products is being inhibited because of existing EU laws on insurance contracts 23/01/2013 Environmental and Climate Change Wales consults on enforcement approach for its new single environmental body The Welsh Government is consulting on an approach to the use of civil sanctions by a new regulator for environmental offences. 23/01/2013 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 © 2013 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