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Company name display rules will change in October
The law on companies' display of names at their premises will change in three
weeks' time. From 1st October companies will have to display their registered
name anywhere they do business, but will no longer have to put it on the outside
of buildings.
11/09/2008
Employers of non-European workers face radical change to rules
Employers have less than a month to change completely the way they deal with
workers from outside Europe in what one expert has called the biggest shake-up
in 40 years in the way that migrant workers are employed.
11/09/2008
High Court ruling attacks 'bits of legal boilerplate, bolted together'
A court has attacked lawyers who let word processors do their thinking for them.
Standard paragraphs are being bolted together to make nonsensical agreements,
said a High Court ruling on Friday.
10/09/2008
Google says EU data laws do not catch its search logs
Google will anonymise search engine data after nine months instead of 18 months
after pressure from EU and US privacy activists and regulators. The company also
said that EU law does not apply to crucial parts of its data processing
operations.
09/09/2008
Why JK Rowling won the Harry Potter lexicon lawsuit
A planned encyclopaedia of the world of the Harry Potter books cannot be
published, a New York court has ruled. The 'lexicon' infringed the copyright of
the novels and in particular of two Rowling-produced companion books.
09/09/2008
Trade mark owners will need greater vigilance from October
Trade mark owners will have to be more vigilant than ever in protecting their
marks from the beginning of next month when new trade mark laws come into
effect. The change is expected to increase demand for brand monitoring services.
08/09/2008
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