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Hi, here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, there are plenty of other stories from this week.

This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM

Not all data thieves face two-year prison threat

The Government's planned two-year jail sentence for information thieves will not apply to people who steal or trade in information from most manual filing systems. Apart from some Government files, the penalties will only apply to electronic databases.
15/02/2007

Forwarding an email can infringe copyright

Business letters can be protected by copyright and forwarding them to others can be an infringement, the High Court has ruled. The decision could have implications for email communication because the same principles will apply.
14/02/2007

UK workers find love in the office, regardless of company policy

As cards and flowers wind their way through office postal systems for St Valentine's Day research has revealed that one in six workers have had a relationship with their boss. Almost 60% of workers have had romantic encounters with workmates.
14/02/2007

Why the Belgian court ruled against Google

EDITORIAL: Every search engine should obtain permission from a website before copying its pages or even snippets of text, according to a ruling by a Belgian court today.
13/02/2007

Bogus online reviews face EU ban

Business people who write fake reviews of their own products will fall foul of new European laws from next year. Laws banning businesses from misleading consumers will bar the act.
13/02/2007

European Commission will overhaul consumer law to boost e-commerce

The European Commission will overhaul European contract law to make internet selling easier, more reliable and more efficient. The Commission has opened consultation on proposed changes that will affect eight EU Directives.
12/02/2007