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Third of online shops undermine consumer rights, says OFT
Nearly a third of retail websites surveyed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
are breaking laws designed to protect shoppers.
12/03/2008
Belfast judges quash libel verdict over rotten restaurant review
A newspaper which published a restaurant review describing a restaurant's
atmosphere as smoky and joyless and its cola as flat has had a £25,000 libel
judgment against it quashed.
12/03/2008
Law Society backs in-house lawyers in privilege battle at ECJ
The representative body for lawyers in England and Wales is seeking to intervene
in a European case which will decide whether communication between a company and
its in-house lawyers can be confidential.
11/03/2008
Privacy watchdog investigates Phorm
Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner is investigating advertising
technology company Phorm over a deal it has cut with the UK's top internet
service providers.
11/03/2008
Fox News loses domain name fight after late trade mark filing
Fox News Network has failed to win control over a domain name that is almost
identical to one of its television station names because it did not register its
trade marks early enough.
10/03/2008
Web publisher fights to save comment forums from trade mark suit
A US online publisher is fighting to keep its product review forums alive in the
face of a trade mark lawsuit that seeks to ban the use of one company's product
name.
07/03/2008
OUT-LAW Radio: Is 'off-the-record' legally protected?
13/03/2008: As an Obama aide resigns over off-the-record comments, we investigate if a law that protected Prince Albert can do the same for journalists' sources. Plus we talk to an MEP who wants to decriminalise file sharing
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