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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 Informing suppliers of business needs will ease IT contract renegotiations and access to new technology, says expert Businesses that maintain dialogue with IT suppliers will find it easier to renegotiate their contracts and access the up-to-date technology their company needs, an expert has said. 04/07/2013 Organisations should be aware of open source pitfalls, warns expert as NHS England announces open source plans Organisations may encounter problems as well as achieving benefits through their use of open source IT solutions, an expert has said. 03/07/2013 Microsoft to appeal High Court ruling on 'SkyDrive' trade mark rights Microsoft has announced that it will appeal a ruling by the High Court which found that it has infringed on trade mark rights belonging to BSkyB (Sky). 03/07/2013 'Canoe man' email hack was a warranted invasion of privacy, rules Ofcom Sky has avoided regulatory action over its admission that it hacked into emails belonging to a man who faked his own death and those belonging to his wife. 02/07/2013   Public bodies may not face data protection fines under reforms European Union countries would be able to decide whether their data protection watchdogs will have the power to fine public sector bodies for breaches of data protection rules if the latest version of a reformed EU data protection framework is adopted. 02/07/2013 Most FTSE 350 companies have not acted on or even viewed Government's cyber security guidance The majority of FTSE 350 companies in the UK have either not seen or not discussed guidance the Government has issued on cyber security, according to a new survey. 01/07/2013 Infrastructure Projects backed by UK Guarantees will benefit from state credit rating, says Moody's Nationally significant infrastructure projects supported under the UK Guarantees scheme could be given a credit rating in line with that of the Government, one of the major ratings agencies has said. 04/07/2013 Government and construction industry publish plans to cut cost and length of construction projects by 2025 Construction projects should take half as much time to complete and cost one third less by 2025, according to a template for the future of the sector agreed by the Government and construction industry. 03/07/2013 Tax Tax Assurance Commissioner "flexing muscle" on settlements, says expert Analysis of the work of the new Tax Assurance Commissioner shows that half of the high-value settlements reached by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) last year were considered inadequate, an expert has said. 03/07/2013 Consumers who buy solar panels and supply energy into the grid can claim back VAT, says CJEU People who buy solar panels should be able to reclaim the VAT on their purchase, on the basis that they supply energy into the grid and are paid a feed-in tariff (FiT) for doing so, the EU's highest court has ruled. 01/07/2013 Pensions HMRC "to de-register 500 pension providers" as part of pension liberation crackdown HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is preparing to de-register up to 500 pension providers as part of its 'pension liberation' compliance efforts, according to press reports. 02/07/2013 Restructuring Game "rent on administration" case to be fast-tracked to the Court of Appeal Landlords pursuing the administrators of Game for millions of pounds in rent that went unpaid while the retailer was insolvent will have their case fast-tracked to the Court of Appeal, according to press reports. 02/07/2013   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