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With a busy football-viewing month just around the corner and many matches kicking off at inconsiderate times such as 5pm, businesses may face the odd staff request for not-so-compassionate leave.…

A while back marketinglaw reported on a straight sets victory by tennis star Andre Agassi over UK Inland Revenue attempts to serve a tax assessment on fees for UK appearances…

The European Commission recently reviewed EU use of approved standard clauses for compliant export of personal data from the EEA to countries without ‘adequate’ data laws. The ensuing EC ‘Staff…

New, more widely drawn transfer of undertakings employment regulations could become a major factor when advertising accounts change hands. Could the new agency really be forced to employ the outgoing…

With continuing concerns expressed over the legality of mobile marketing using Bluetooth technology, a Cambridge-based company has come up with what it claims to be the solution. But is it…

The Employment Equality Act 2006 is due to come into force on 6 April 2007. Public sector employers are the prime target of the legislation but Osborne Clarke employment lawyer…

New official Guidance on s. 42(1)(c) of the Gaming Act 1968 has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons for advertisers of overseas remote gaming websites. Will the courts agree or…

If DVDs are classified 12, 15 or 18, it is an offence under the Video Recordings Act to supply them to anyone under the appropriate age. So is there a…

To keep the non-broadcast (CAP) and broadcast (BCAP) advertising codes up to date, the Committee of Advertising Practice has recently published revised versions. Changes to the financial and political ad…

Search engines have guidelines for those wishing to optimise their sites for search engine spider findability. But as BMW discovered recently, go outside those guidelines and the consequences can be…

Tom Waits, scourge of sound-a-like soundtracks, is at it again. First it was crisps, now it’s the motor industry he has his teeth into. With a case pending in Germany…