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. How to survive the credit crunch: check up on customers and suppliers Companies should assess the financial health of their customers and double-check their contracts with them as part of a wave of measures to combat the worst effects of the ongoing financial crisis, according to legal advisors. 25/09/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9454 2. Brands gain new protection from opportunism from October Businesses will be able to stop others from registering their brands as company names in the UK for the first time under new laws that comes into force at the end of the month. A new tribunal aims to resolve disputes faster and more cheaply than courts. 25/09/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9455 3. MEPs back altered telecoms reform The European Parliament has voted in favour of reforms of telecommunications laws that members hope will boost competition and provide consumers with clearer information. The Parliament rejected some of the measures proposed by the European Commission. 25/09/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9456 4. AdSense ads must be vetted by publishers, says ad regulator Publishers must take responsibility for the suitability of published adverts, even if the ads are chosen by an automated system like Google's AdSense, the advertising regulator has said. 24/09/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9450 5. ECJ expert says mandating retirement at age 65 can be lawful An advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that the UK should be allowed to permit employers to force workers into retirement as long as the move had an 'objectively justified' policy aim. 23/09/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9446 6. Cost of EU-wide trade marks set to plummet The cost of registering trade marks across Europe will tumble by 40% as the non-profit body behind the marks attempts to find way to shed its €300 million surplus. 23/09/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9445 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Piracy: not the enemy, but the competition*** We talk to an anti-piracy pro who says that content producers should stop trying to stifle piracy and concentrate on competing with it better 25/09/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-7212 ***About this email*** This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website with more than 8,000 pages of free legal news and guidance. If and when you need further advice, we hope you'll choose Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM. 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.) This email is sent on behalf of Pinsent Masons LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales (registered number: OC333653) and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The word 'partner', used in relation to the LLP, refers to a member of the LLP or an employee or consultant of the LLP or any affiliated firm who has equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the members of the LLP, and of those non-members who are designated as partners, is displayed at the LLP's registered office: CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9AH, United Kingdom.