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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 EU to legislate on net neutrality The European Commission is to put forward legislative proposals on the issue of 'net neutrality' later this summer. 05/06/2013 New guidance issued on 'identity proofing' and verification The Government and the UK's National Technical Authority on Information Assurance (CESG) have published new guidance on 'identity proofing' and verification. 06/06/2013 Obama details plan to combat 'patent trolls' US President Barack Obama has outlined a number of measures designed to tackle 'patent assertion entities' or so-called 'patent trolls'. 05/06/2013 UK IT insolvencies rise despite improvements in trading environment, says Experian The number of insolvencies in the UK IT industry in the 12 months to April rose compared to the same period last year, a credit reference agency has said. 05/06/2013 Mobile payments to increase 44% this year, Gartner predicts The value of mobile payments (m-payments) worldwide is set to increase by 44% this year to $235.4 billion, a research firm has predicted. 04/06/2013 Centralised planning database to aid with broadband rollout 'unlikely' to happen, says expert A new "centralised planning database" which telecoms operators would have access to in order to pinpoint suitable areas for deploying new mobile broadband infrastructure is unlikely to materialise, an expert has said. 03/06/2013 Construction Advisory and Disputes Construction survey shows first growth since October, fuelled by residential building work Construction output rose last month for the first time since October 2012, fuelled by the fastest increase in residential building work in over two years, according to a monthly industry survey. 06/06/2013 Financial Services EU fund manager bonus cap vote delayed, according to reports A scheduled European Parliament vote on whether to cap annual bonuses that may be paid to investment fund managers has been delayed until next month, according to press reports. 06/06/2013 Environmental and Climate Change Government "misses opportunity" to clarify decarbonisation plans as Energy Bill completes Commons passage, says expert The Government missed the opportunity to clarify the "current policy tension" between low carbon electricity generation and gas during the final House of Commons debate on the Energy Bill, an expert has said. 05/06/2013 Tax HMRC consults on strengthening big banks' tax Code of Practice Plans to strengthen the Code of Practice on tax governance, adopted by the 15 largest banks in 2010, have been published for consultation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). 05/06/2013 Employment Expert: ruling gives 'very little comfort' to employers looking to defend compulsory retirement age in partnership case Employers looking to defend or reintroduce a mandatory retirement age will find "very little comfort" in last week's decision allowing a law firm to force a partner to retire at 65, an expert has said. 04/06/2013 Property Different interpretations of business rates rules "causing difficulties" for occupiers, says expert The latest contradictory decision involving a building occupier's liability to pay business rates illustrates the "difficulties" experienced by both billing authorities and ratepayers under the current regime, an expert has said. 03/06/2013   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