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. Outsourcing compliance eased by new 'model clauses', says expert Companies in Europe may have to negotiate fewer contracts when they send data to foreign suppliers as a consequence of terms published by the European Commission. An expert says that the new rules, in force on 15th May, simplify commercial relationships. 18/02/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10763 2. France's eBay ruling is a distraction – it's next month's AdWords decision that counts OPINION: A Paris court ruled last week that eBay infringed the trade marks of Louis Vuitton by sponsoring misspellings of its brand as search engine keywords. But speculation about the impact of the ruling is pointless: the big decision comes next month. 18/02/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10762 3. How the Carbon Reduction Scheme will affect IT contracts OPINION: Government plans to cut carbon emissions in the UK will soon be mandatory for large businesses and public sector bodies. An immediate consequence will be changes to the contract terms and pricing mechanics of large IT projects. 16/02/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10759 4. BA employee fails in cross-wearing discrimination case A woman who claimed a British Airways rule against wearing neck jewellery discriminated against her Christian faith has lost her case. Nadia Eweida failed in an appeal against an earlier Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ruling. 16/02/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10758 5. Statutory guidance will tell companies how to prevent bribery A Government minister will have to publish guidance for companies on a new bribery offence that had been criticised for not being clear enough. The Bribery Bill would make it an offence for a company to fail to prevent bribery. 16/02/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10756 6. Bodies subjected to ICO audit will escape immediate fines Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said that it will not use new powers to fine organisations for data protection law breaches if those breaches are discovered as part of one of its audits. 12/02/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10747 ***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 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.