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. New Communications Act will rewrite media regulation, says minister The Government will overhaul the way UK media companies are regulated with a new Communications Act. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that a new law was needed "to create regulatory certainty". 20/01/2011 http://out-law.com/page-11728 2. Net neutrality fundamental to fairness, says BBC boss Net neutrality must be defended if low income households are not to be excluded from new ways to consume digital content, BBC director general Mark Thompson has said. 20/01/2011 http://out-law.com/page-11729 3. Newspaper should not have to pay Naomi Campbell's 'success fees', rules European court Making the Daily Mirror newspaper pay 'success fees' to model Naomi Campbell's lawyers breached the paper's right to freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. 19/01/2011 http://out-law.com/page-11726 4. Italian competition body asks for copyright reform after Google settlement Italy's competition regulator has asked the Italian parliament to reform copyright law after accepting Google's settlement of a dispute with newspapers. It does not have the power to solve the problem of the exploitation of newspaper content, it said. 19/01/2011 http://out-law.com/page-11724 5. Government will publish new guidance on bribery law The Government will publish new guidelines on bribery, it has said. The rules will help companies to comply with the Bribery Act which was passed last year. 18/01/2011 http://out-law.com/page-11722 6. Government creates data publishing body A single body will be put in charge of how data generated by publicly owned bodies is used, the Government has said. It has outlined plans for a Public Data Corporation (PDC) to manage data and license it to others. 17/01/2011 http://out-law.com/page-11721 ***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 is a lawyer with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of 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. We use 'Pinsent Masons' to refer to Pinsent Masons LLP and affiliated entities that practise under the name 'Pinsent Masons' or a name that incorporates those words. Reference to 'Pinsent Masons' is to Pinsent Masons LLP and/or one or more of those affiliated entities as the context requires. For important regulatory information please visit: http://www.pinsentmasons.com.