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 ***Social Media Influence: How Social media came of age and companies and brands joined the conversation*** Social Media Influence, now in its fourth year, is a one-day conference dedicated to the profound changes social media is having on corporate communications, marketing and media. The event will be held March 3rd, 2009 in London. See: http://www.screenevents.co.uk/smi_09/index.html ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Law will force ISPs to pass file-sharing data to record labels The Government will create legislation forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to gather information on customers engaged in illegal file-sharing, and forcing them to contact repeat offenders warning them that their behaviour is against the law. 29/01/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9750 2. Tech companies revealed as source of fake reviews A major electronics manufacturer has admitted that it offered to pay people to review positively a product which had been poorly reviewed by users. A Belkin employee in the US said it would pay people to write five-star reviews on Amazon.com. 29/01/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9747 3. Behaviour trumps 'non-waiver' clauses, says Court of Appeal The Post Office was not allowed to walk away from a contract because it had continued to perform its duties for 11 months after the other company breached the contract, the Court of Appeal has ruled. 28/01/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9744 4. Why employers should control how staff use Facebook OPINION: President Barack Obama had a shock on his first day at work. The man who had run a pioneering campaign using social media to galvanise support couldn't access Facebook – or webmail, or any number of web tools that were central to his campaign. 27/01/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9738 5. Blogger who didn't delete comment cannot sue over it, says High Court A man who was criticised in the comments section of his own blog cannot sue for defamation because he did not delete the comment when he discovered it, the High Court has said. The Court said that the man consented to the comment's publication. 27/01/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9741 6. German court asks ECJ to rule on keyword trade marks The European Union's highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has been asked to rule on whether or not one company can buy the right to use another company's trade marks as a search engine trigger for its adverts. 26/01/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9736 ***OUT-LAW Radio: CVs and lies: an employer's options*** As a local authority pursues an ex-employee for £1m for alleged deception in the recruitment process, how should employers deal with CV fibbers? 29/01/2009 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.