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 ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh October 2009: Behavioural advertising and the law November 2009: The future of payments See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Hidden Flash cookies track even opt-out users on web's biggest sites Over half of the most popular 100 websites use secret behaviour-tracking software to monitor users, mostly without their knowledge, and in several cases the software recovers information the user has chosen to delete. 17/09/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10385 2. Government may shield websites from libel claims with 'single publication' rule The Government could scrap a part of defamation law that makes newspapers liable many times for material in a single article. The Government may prevent people suing every time a web page 'publishes' an article. 17/09/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10388 3. ECJ's holiday sickness ruling could cost employers dear, warns expert Large employers will have to pay out years' worth of holiday pay after a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) allowing sick workers to carry over untaken holiday leave, according to an employment law expert. 15/09/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10379 4. UK lawyer threatens Facebook, mulls action against ISPs to block defamation The lawyer who has threatened Facebook with a defamation suit on behalf of boxing promoter Frank Warren has said that he may take action against internet service providers (ISPs) for US-published defamation. 15/09/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10378 5. New Gambling Commission guidance fails to resolve house competition confusion The Gambling Commission's 'softly softly' approach to one-off lotteries may undermine its ability to prosecute , a gambling law expert has said. 15/09/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10376 6. EDS v Sky: the most significant judgment in an IT case ever? OPINION: It is now about a year since the trial in the dispute between BSkyB and EDS drew to a close. At the time, judgment was expected within a couple of months. 14/09/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10373 ***OUT-LAW Radio returns next week*** 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.