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 ***The Sourcing Summit*** London, 18th & 19th November 2009: This event attracts both users and suppliers of outsourcing services from a wide range of sectors. It provides a platform for senior business figures to debate key issues and discuss the effects of the economic climate on outsourcing both in the immediate and the long-term. See: http://www.marketforce.eu.com/outlaw ***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. Customs U-turn could strip non-litigious brand owners of their rights OPINION: If law is all about a balance of rights, then the people who police our borders used to have it just about right. If they came across a large, commercial consignment of fake goods they could impound them so that they didn't flood the market. 28/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10483 2. Commission considers wider-ranging data breach notification law The European Commission will consider passing new laws forcing organisations that lose personal data to go public with that loss. The Commission has until now been opposed to the creation of wide-ranging data breach notification requirements. 27/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10480 3. Government advises authorities on when EU procurement rules apply The Government has published a guide it hopes will clarify when land deals are subject to EU procurement rules and when they are not. The guidance relates to agreements between authorities and land developers. 26/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10478 4. EU Parliament drew back from file-sharer demands over legal uncertainty The European Parliament has had to withdraw demands for court oversight of the cutting off of file sharers' internet access after it received legal advice that it had been over-stepping its powers. 26/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10476 5. Online advertising is threatened by Europe's cookie law EDITORIAL: Visitors to websites in Europe may soon face a barrage of pop-ups that seek their consent to internet cookies. Bizarrely, the plan to change current laws on cookies can be stopped only if politicians fail to resolve a file-sharing dispute. 23/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10475 6. European Commission will tackle differential web pricing The European Commission will investigate and take action to stop online traders from charging consumers different prices based on an analysis of their web surfing habits or location. 23/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10474 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Can data centres survive carbon cutting?*** We look at the UK's pioneering scheme to cut carbon emissions and ask: will it force power-hungry data centres to flee abroad? 29/10/2009 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.