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. You can also access our archive of weekly emails at http://www.out-law.com/page-7793. The OUT-LAW Team ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Why the stock options backdating scandal won't hit the UK OPINION: The former CEO of a US tech giant will have 21 long months in which to rue the day he ever heard of stock option backdating. Brocade Communications' Gregory Reyes has been sent to prison for 21 months and fined $15 million for backdating options. 24/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8825 2. MP calls for law to force online shops to verify age A bill has been introduced in Parliament which would force online retailers to check customers' ages before selling goods that cannot be sold to children. 24/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8827 3. Displaying a chair does not infringe its copyright, says Advocate General A clothes shop that used designer armchairs and sofas in a window display and in a rest area for customers did not infringe copyright in the furniture, according to an Advocate General who gave her opinion to the European Court of Justice last week. 23/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8822 4. Employers can't judge disability on future events, says court The Court of Appeal has rejected an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ruling that said that the legality of employers' decisions could be affected by events in the future. The ruling cleared up several conflicting EAT rulings on disability discrimination. 22/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8817 5. 3 fails in court bid to uncover evidence of alleged collusion Mobile phone network 3 has been refused permission to force its rivals to disclose emails and documents in a process that would have cost each of them £200,000. The High Court ruled that 3's requests were not specific enough. 21/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8816 6. Consumer Credit Directive approved by European Parliament The European Parliament has approved plans that will make it easier for people to borrow money from banks in any European country. The Consumer Credit Directive has been backed in a European Parliament vote. 21/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8815 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Human rights challenge to RIPA*** We investigate whether or not a new law compelling UK citizens to hand over encryption keys on pain of being jailed might strip them of their right to a fair trial. 24/01/2008 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.)