Hi, Here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, click the links to read the full stories of the summaries below or see these and many other stories from this week's news at http://www.out-law.com/page-5951. The OUT-LAW Team ***Google is hiring!*** Google are looking for technology savvy, creative but practical thinkers to further build their legal department across Europe and tackle a wide range of UK and other European issues. They currently have a variety of roles open to qualified lawyers with various degrees of professional experience. See: http://www.google.co.uk/support/jobs/bin/topic.py?loc_id=1113&dep_id=1090 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Timetable published for Companies Act 2006 The Government is acting more slowly than expected in implementing the Companies Act, the piece of legislation that is completely overhauling the way companies are governed. 01/03/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7823 2. Lawn mowing ex-policeman cannot claim spy breach by private eyes A former police officer filmed mowing his lawn while on a disability allowance cannot claim that the filming broke the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), according to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. 01/03/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7819 3. Unseen jurisdiction clause upheld by Court of Appeal A German company can fight an English customer in the German courts because its terms and conditions said that German jurisdiction applied – albeit those conditions were never sent to the English firm, the Court of Appeal ruled this week. 28/02/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7815 4. Reasonable endeavours less than best endeavours, but may demand sacrifice A court battle over energy bills has given fresh guidance to a long-disputed area of contract law. A duty to exercise 'reasonable endeavours' requires less than 'best endeavours' but can demand a sacrifice of commercial interests, said the High Court. 27/02/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7809 5. Non-compete clause was reasonable, says Court of Appeal The former managing director of an insurance broker has lost his claim that a ban on competing with his former employer was unfair. The Court of Appeal has upheld the restrictive covenant that appeared in his contract. 26/02/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7804 6. Photos were 'grossly offensive' and not protected as free speech, says High Court It is illegal to send indecent or grossly offensive material to cause distress or anxiety to the recipient, even when it is done for political or educational reasons, the High Court has said. 26/02/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7803 ***OUT-LAW Radio*** 01/03/2007: The man behind a proposed adult domain talks about government influence on ICANN and self regulation in the adult realm, and we get the inside story on Gary McKinnon's daring new defence. http://www.out-law.com/page-7212 ***About this email*** This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website run by international law firm Pinsent Masons of 30 Aylesbury Street, London, EC1R 0ER. Feel free to forward this email to your friends. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like your own subscription, register free at http://www.out-law.com. Existing subscribers: you can manage your profile at http://www.out-law.com/page-520. The email address for this subscription is <>. Feel free to give us your feedback by replying to this email. To unsubscribe, please reply with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. (We'd also appreciate you telling us why you've decided to unsubscribe.)