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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  Suppliers addressing businesses' concerns over cloud computing, says expert Suppliers have changed the way they provide services through the cloud in order to address the concerns businesses have about utilising the technology, an expert has said. 14/03/2013 ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse will not account for 'typosquatting', says expert Brand owners may face a costly battle to fight 'typosquatters' under a new top-level domain regime, an expert has warned. 13/03/2013 SFO's Autonomy probe show importance of anti-fraud due diligence, says expert The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened an investigation into alleged "accounting disclosure failures and misrepresentations" at software provider Autonomy prior to Hewlett Packard's (HP's) takeover of the company in 2011, HP has said. 13/03/2013 Big data: privacy concerns stealing the headlines but IP issues of equal importance to businesses, says expert Businesses need to plan properly before exploring big data opportunities in order to give proper consideration to "fundamental" related legal issues, an expert has said. 12/03/2013 Industry seeks standards on data security for 'internet of things' network New guidelines and standards should be developed to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data captured and communicated as part of the 'internet of things', according to the vast majority of respondents to a European Commission consultation. 11/03/2013 Commercial interests gaining ground in data protection reform negotiations, says expert The EU Commission looks set to soften data protection reforms in a way that will favour business interests, an expert has said. 11/03/2013 Financial Services Business RDR costs could reach £2.6 billion by end of 2017 Businesses involved in the retail investment market could spend as much as £2.6 billion by the end of 2017 in order to comply with Retail Distribution Review (RDR) rules, according to data compiled by an industry publication. 14/03/2013  Life Sciences Biomedical Catalyst programme provides model for Government funding of UK science and technology innovations, says expert The Government could use the Biomedical Catalyst funding programme as a "template" for other initiatives to help UK businesses fully commercially exploit science and technology innovations, an expert has said. 14/03/2013 Litigation and International Arbitration New EU online and alternative dispute resolution rules to be introduced Online traders will be able to resolve contractual disputes with consumers based in other EU countries through a new online dispute resolution (ODR) framework after MEPs voted to back the new regime earlier this week. 14/03/2013 Commercial More consumer bodies given right to bring "super-complaints" to financial regulators Bodies representing consumers and small businesses can now apply to be designated as a 'super-complainant', making it faster and easier for them to raise concerns about financial products with the new regulator, the Treasury has announced. 14/03/2013 Restructuring 'Pre-pack' administrations to be independently reviewed, says Government An independent review of pre-packaged insolvency sales will begin in late Spring, the Government has said. 13/03/2013 Tax Non-dom taxpayers down by almost a fifth since levy introduced, according to HMRC figures The number of individuals resident in the UK for tax purposes who are not domiciled here has fallen by almost a fifth since 2008, when HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) introduced a new charge on those individuals, according to figures obtained by Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com 11/03/2013 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