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Von Hannover -v- Germany
The case of Princess Caroline of Monaco in the ECHR; over the publishing
of pictures of her in Germany. The decision could drastically affect the
way the paparazzi operate in Europe 20.07.04 Simkins,
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Marvel Sues Disney
Marvel Comics has sued Disney for $55million. Marvel alleges that Disney
failed to pay milllions of dollars in royalties when cartoons such as
X-Men where shown on a Disney TV channel 21.07.04 Masons
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In
Cyprotex Discovery Limited v University of Sheffield the lesson to be
learned is to be crystal clear as to who owns any software in a development
contract 07.07.04 Eversheds
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Biometrics Myths Everything you
thought you knew about biometrics is thrown out the window; it is not
new technology, there are no lasers in your eyes and it definitely will
not rid the world of all evil 09.07.04 Masons,
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FSA
to Regulate General Insurance By January 2005 any business acting
as an insurance intermediary must be authorised by the FSA 01.06.04 Keeble
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Gambling The Governments proposed
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is often ambiguous, so what's the real story? 08.07.04 Law-Now,
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Issuer Fees On 2 July 2004 the OFT published
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adverse effect on competition 06.07.04 Law-Now
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Injury to Feelings
The House of Lords has decided that compensation cannot be awarded in
unfair dismissal cases for Injury to Feelings 16.07.04 Masons,
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Sexism
& the City The Chair of the Equal Oppurtunities Commission
said that firms need to do more to tackle the problem of sexism in the
City 14.07.04 Masons,
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Pensions
'Contribution Notice' provisions in the proposed Pensions Bill
came under fire in the House of Lords yesterday 09.07.04 Law-Now,
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The Dangers of constructive dismissals and 'without prejudice' discussions
06.07.04 Keeble
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Unfair
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recent decision of Hardy v Polk (Leeds) Limited has finally confirmed
that an employee who is dismissed without notice and who finds alternative
work during the notice period must give credit for the earnings from the
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JPEG Monopoly? A company called
Forgent Networks, which owns the patent to the JPEG image compression
software, surprised the IT industry in 2002 by saying it would pursue
royalties on its patent, but IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and many others
aren't playing ball 08.07.04 Masons
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UK Software is Pirated The Business Software Alliances 2003 Global
Piracy Study found that around 29% of software in the UK is pirated, causing
loss in profit of around $1.6bn 07.07.04 Masons,
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Email At Work We all know the dangers
of letting your employees loose with the freedom to send email to anyone
from the workplace, but is there anything that can be done about it? 06.07.04
Eversheds
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Is
Wi-Fi Secure? Over 50% of wireless access points have no form of
encryption and only 31.6% have the minimum level of security 05.07.04
Eversheds
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The parliamentary All Party Internet Group has publisehd its report in
to proposed reforms of the Computer Reform Act 01.07.04 Eversheds
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