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. Sky forced to slash ITV holding as court sets benchmark for corporate influence Pay TV company BSkyB has been told that it must follow the Competition Commission's orders and sell over half of its stake in broadcaster ITV at a loss of around £500 million. The Court of Appeal backed the Commission's ruling. 21/01/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10681 2. Do you know the hidden agenda of the Equality Bill? OPINION: Employment lawyers and HR professionals would be advised to keep an eye on the progress of the Equality Bill, currently being debated in the House of Lords. Initially intended as a legislative sweep-up, it now proposes major policy changes. 21/01/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10678 3. Europe's top court says age bars for job applicants can be legal Europe's top court has said that some employers can stop people as young as 30 from applying for some jobs because they are too old. UK Employment Tribunals will have to take account of the ruling in age discrimination cases, an expert said. 21/01/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10676 4. Why Google tax won’t fix France’s ‘creative deficit’ OPINION: When worlds turn upside down, crazy things happen. And so it is in France, where the Government's response to the information revolution appears to be to chide Google for damaging French culture by driving down the cost of advertising. 19/01/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10672 5. Information Tribunal is abolished as new service takes charge The appeals process for freedom of information and data protection cases changes from today as the previous structure is absorbed into a wider tribunals service. 18/01/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10669 6. File-sharing network operator acquitted of fraud charges The operator of a file sharing network that was raided by police in 2007 on suspicion of enabling copyright-infringement has been acquitted by a jury. Alan Ellis ran OiNK and was found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud by a Middlesborough court. 18/01/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10668 ***OUT-LAW Radio: New alphabets cause security problems*** We talk to one security expert who says that the admirable plan to permit the use of other alphabets in the making of domain names could cause security headaches. 21/01/2010 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 10,000 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.