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OPINION: The Payment Services Directive: an update
CONTRACT TERMS: FSA: ‘consequential loss’ is an unfair contract term
AML: AML Directive: Commission infringement procedures
SEPA: SEPA survey: businesses unready for implementation
VAT FRAUD: European Parliament supports VAT fraud proposals
PSD: Banks appear unprepared for the Payment Services Directive
ISLAMIC FINANCE: Managing a compliant private equity fund
EDITORIAL: Commissioners' question time
ENFORCEMENT: ICO: automated calls for market research or marketing
BCR: Art. 29 Working Party guidance on Binding Corporate Rules
CONSENT: Privacy Directive: issues with application to the internet age
SOCIAL NETWORKING: Defamation and misuse of personal data on the internet
CONTROLLERS/PROCESSORS: Data controllers / processors: a new definition needed
GERMANY: B2C contracts: consent to processing
EDITORIAL: Treading carefully
SITE SCRAPING: Liability for incorrectly categorised internet news
PIRACY: Pre-release piracy: new uses of FECA
VAT FRAUD: European Parliament supports VAT fraud proposals
OFCOM: Ofcom consults on regulating for high-speed broadband
OPINION: The role of the IAB's social media councils
TURKEY: Blocking illegal internet content: the YouTube ban
CASE LAW UPDATE: Key e-commerce cases
EDITORIAL: Global approach needed
UNITED STATES: Payment System Protection Act: a path to UIGEA reform
NETHERLANDS: Dutch Gaming Tax Act amended for online gaming
MALTA: Boss Media case: implications for operators
CHINA: The regulation of E-sports games in China
DENMARK: Progress of proposed changes to online gambling legislation
NORWAY: Legislative aims of the Norwegian government
CZECH REPUBLIC: Future gambling regulation: implications
INJURY COMPENSATION: Collett v Smith: compensation for future earnings
PARTICIPATION RULES: Pistorius case: implications of his successful IAAF challenge
PLAYER CONTRACTS: International transfers to new sports: Sonny Bill Williams case
DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Alternative dispute resolution, sport and human rights
OPINION: The CCPR: who we are and what we do
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NETWORK MANAGEMENT: In Free Press and Public Knowledge v Comcast Corporation, the Federal Communications Commission orders Comcast Corporation to discontinue discriminatory network management practices against peer-to-peer content.
FILE SHARING: In Maverick Recording Company and others v Whitney Harper, a US court accepts a young girl’s plea of innocence as regards copyright infringement through file sharing.
PRIVACY: In Matthew Firsht v Grant Raphael, the UK High Court awards damages of £22,000 to Matthew Firsht in the first Facebook libel and breach of privacy case.
OPEN SOURCE: In Jacobsen v Katzer, a US federal appeals court rules for the first time that under US copyright law, a software programme distributed under an open source licence can be protected.
COPYRIGHT: In MDY Industries, LLC v Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. et al, a US court grants a summary judgment in favour of Blizzard Entertainment’s claims of copyright infringement.
DISCLOSURE: In the re Sealing & Non-Disclosure of Pen/Trap/2703(d) Orders, a federal magistrate in Texas has ruled that gag orders compelling telecommunications companies and ISPs not to disclose that they have been served with an order for subscriber records cannot remain inplace indefinitely.
TRADEMARKS: France’s Cour de cassation refers questions regarding search engine liability for trademark infringement to the European Court of Justice.
DISCLOSURE: In Common Service Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner (Scotland), the House of Lords considers whether ‘barnardised’ data comes under the UK’s definition of ‘personal data’, and whether it can be used to identify subjects.
GAMBLING: In Juventus Football Club SpA v Société Unibet Limited et al., the Paris Tribunal de grande instance considers the limits of acceptable use of trade marks.
COPYRIGHT: In S.A. Louis Vuitton Malletier et al. v eBay Inc. et eBay International AG, the Paris commercial court holds eBay liable for the online auction and sale of counterfeit goods.
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Commission to assess if MasterCard is compliant with interchange ruling
Upgraded PCI DSS outlaws Wireless Equipment Privacy Security Systems
EFPLP launches Payment Services Directive Intensive
Article 29 WP to meet search engines on data retention
Mutual recognition of BCRs agreed by nine Member States
ID theft 'Red Flags' rules: 1 Nov. deadline
Webcaster Settlement Act enables royalty negotiations
UK Council for Child Internet Safety to launch legally-binding social network code
EC informed of MasterCard fee increases
UEFA to create database of betting corruption suspects
Commission requests Portugal to amend discriminatory taxation of lottery winnings
US/EU case could head to WTO
West Ham to appeal relegation compensation ruling to the CAS
Class action lawsuit to be filed against IOC over Olympic ticketing
Dwain Chambers' Barrister to address Briefing
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