Download back issues of OUT-LAW Magazine

You can download PDFs of the back issues of OUT-LAW Magazine here. Please note, these PDFs are not easy to read if you use a screenreader. To request an accessible version, please email info@out-law.com.

A bit of regulatory info about us that we have to share with you: before 1st March 2008, 'Pinsent Masons' was a general partnership constituted under the laws of England and Wales. On 1st March 2008 the UK businesses of Pinsent Masons were transferred to the limited liability partnership Pinsent Masons LLP. The magazines below (like some other documents on this website) were produced before 1st March 2008. Nothing in those documents is to be taken to indicate that the general partnership Pinsent Masons (as opposed to Pinsent Masons LLP) continues business in the UK.

Issue 16 - Summer 2007

Typosquatters; seeking clarity on links to privacy policies; class action lawsuits in Europe; ethical policies undermined by small print; security breach notification laws; and vexatious employees. Download PDF (16 pages, 1MB, opens in a new window)

Issue 15 - Winter 2006

Google and its Belgian copyright battle; Unusual VAT savings in the Channel Islands; Keeping secrets; Libel loophole; Why sloppy wireless security could bring the police to your door; and huge awards in harrassment cases are a warning to employers. Download PDF (16 pages, 1MB, opens in a new window)

Issue 14 - Spring 2006

How offshoring is being used to gain traction in new markets; The mystery of email signatures; The Company Law Reform bill; John Bunt's libel battle; Tony Blair's sweeping employment reforms. Download PDF (16 pages, 1MB, opens in a new window)

Issue 13 - Winter 2005

How the law closed in on David Levi's phishing empire; Cool ideas for search marketing; Floating your company; Credit card fraud; New workplace procedures; Prior consent and the opt-in box Download PDF (16 pages, 1MB, opens in a new window)

Issue 12 - Spring 2005

Spyware, adware and the law; Flexible working legislation; Software patents; Shredded-files that re-appear and hidden data in documents; Interview with Aaron Caffrey; Proceeds of Crime Act Download PDF (16 pages, 1MB, opens in a new window)

Issue 11 - Autumn 2004

Software mismanagement; Mod-chipping - Sony's high stakes war on mod-chippers; On-line compliance - setting up an on-line business; Corporate governance - The UK's level of disclosure Download PDF (16 pages, 640kb, opens in a new window)

Issue 10 - Summer 2004

RSI - the cost to British businesses; Privacy - technical breaches of the law by e-mail giants; OUT-LAW survey results - software developers and their use of proprietary code; Risk insurance - all risk policies; Origo Download PDF (16 pages, 1MB, opens in a new window)

Issue 9 - Spring 2004

Offshoring - is it now on Brussels' agenda?; Rules on religious tolerance in the workplace; Customer privacy - issues for EU companies trading in the US; Google's IPO; Video Arts Download PDF (16 pages, 1MB, opens in a new window)

Issue 8 - Autumn 2003

Who pays for on-line credit card fraud?; Interview with Information Commissioner Richard Thomas; the rules on monitoring your staff; SCO's Linux dispute; lessons from Nigerian e-mail scams. Download PDF (16 pages, 686KB, opens in a new window)

Issue 7 - Summer 2003

British music industry and ISPs speak on P2P; risks when for Google etc. when brands become generic words; IT recycling law; RFID technology; writing employee references; Sysnet case study. Download PDF (16 pages, 583KB, opens in a new window)

Issue 6 - Spring 2003

The spammers are watching you: things you didn't know when you open spam; A US law to protect children on the internet; Problems for ISPs with anti-terror laws; Entitlement Card problems; Outsourcing; WildDay.com. Download PDF (16 pages, 629KB)

Issue 5 - Autumn 2002

Mobile phone location-based services; BT's hyperlink patent case; Warchalking; Unfair contracts; On-line gambling; Debt for equity swaps; how to fire useless staff; Jaywing and database marketing. Download PDF (16 pages, 666KB, opens in a new window)

Issue 4 - Summer 2002

New European laws on internet cookies; How to exploit the rules of e-commerce (and Great British Pricing Cock-ups); Glasplus - a match-making niche in the broken windscreen market. Download PDF (8 pages, 254KB, opens in a new window)

Issue 3 - Spring 2002

Yahoo!'s case over internet auctions selling Nazi memorabilia; Wireless gaming - a case study of The Games Kitchen; Application Service Providers (ASPs) - things to watch out for if using one. Download PDF (8 pages, 404KB, opens in a new window)

Issue 2 - Autumn 2001

The E-commerce Directive - how it affects your web site, whether selling to businesses or consumers; the law surrounding cryptography and what your business should do; Mindwarp - an e-learning case study. Download PDF (8 pages, 371KB)

Issue 1 - Summer 2001

A look at easyJet.com and the legal issues involved that may affect your site; Privacy rights in digital images; E-silkroad's defamation action against IceRed.com (helped by Masons). Download PDF (8 pages, 238KB, opens in a new window)