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EDITORIAL: E-invoicing - a test for European payments
CHINA: The use and regulation of prepaid cards in China
CONSUMER CREDIT: Consumer Credit Directive: industry impact
INDIA: Electronic payments infrastructure: an overview
AUSTRALIA: Regulation reducing interchange fees: the Australian experience
TRAVEL INSURANCE: Regulating travel insurance
EDITORIAL: BCR come of age
UNITED STATES: O'Mahony v Accenture: whistleblowing protection
DATA BREACHES: Commission's proposals for data breach notification
MALAYSIA: The Personal Data Protection Bill: analysis
DATA SECURITY: Data security part 4: privacy enhancing technologies
ITALY: File-sharing: disclosure of ISP data without consent
OPINION: Child internet safety: self-regulation and government policy
EDITORIAL: A significant resistance
OPINION: Financial regulation in virtual worlds
VIRTUAL WORLDS: Children and virtual worlds: part two
CHINA: Online audio and video regulations: analysis
INTERNET PROTOCOLS: IPv6: extending internet capacity
COPYRIGHT: Usenet.com lawsuit: assessing liability
EU UPDATE: Developments in the EU
CASE LAW UPDATE: Key e-commerce cases
EDITORIAL: A cautious optimism
BULGARIA: Proposed online gambling regulation changes
UNITED STATES: Legalisation of internet poker: California's bill
KAHNAWÁ:KE: Canada ponders i-gaming crackdown
FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE: Compliance issues relating to online gambling funds
ITALY: NewSlot gaming machine network: case update<
TRUST: Online trust and internet gambling
IPL: Sporting franchise structures: the Indian Premier League
RUGBY LEAGUE: Inducement to breach contract: Iestyn Harris case
OLYMPIC BOYCOTTS: Ten reasons against boycotting the Beijing Olympics
FAN OWNERSHIP: Legal structure of community-owned clubs: Ebbsfleet United
TAX: Budget 2008: bad news for sport
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PRIVACY: In 'Promusicae v Telefónica', the European Court of Justice rules on the obligation of member states to order the disclosure of personal data on copyright infringers in civil actions.
BROADCAST RIGHTS: In 'Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services', a pub landlord loses her appeal over the broadcast of live FA Premier League football matches using a foreign satellite system which is capable of decoding and broadcasting foreign satellite signals.
SUBJECT ACCESS RIGHTS: In Ezsias v Welsh Ministers, the High Court sets out the obligations placed on data controllers when faced with subject access requests under the Data Protection Act.
PUBLIC ACCESS: In an application to the Administrative Court by The Times, The Guardian and Financial Times, the Court applies a purposive construction to the CPR in facilitating public access to court documents.
BROADCAST RIGHTS: In 'The FA Football Association Premier League Limited v QC Leisure', the High Court considers the use of Article 81 of the EC Treaty as a defence to allegations of circumventing the cost of broadcasting FA Premier League matches using foreign satellite systems.
DOMAIN NAMES: In MySpace, Inc v Total Web Solutions Ltd, MySpace wins the right to the 'myspace.co.uk' domain name, despite the respondent registering it approximately six years before MySpace was founded.
PATENTS: In 'Ingenico v Pendawell', the UK Intellectual Property Office revokes the patentability of an electronic payment system using assessment criteria which is at odds with European Patent Office caselaw.
IMAGE RIGHTS: In Grütter v Lombard, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal delivers a judgment paving the way for recognition and protection of image rights under South African common law.
PATENTS: In 'Astron Clinica Limited', the UK Patents Court considers whether patent claims could ever be granted for computer programs.
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McCreevy warns against SEPA use for card scheme price rises
Mobile Payments Intensive to address industry and regulatory challenges
Banks: Congress must address net concerns
French Minister of the Interior suspends new police database
European Data Protection Intensive to cover all 27 EU Member States
Companies fail to protect personal data
EU Parliament rejects net access controls to curb IP infringement
ICO 'welcomes efforts' of Phorm to prove privacy compliance
Trusted sites now focus for web attacks
Belgian court dismisses FFT's attempt to block bets on events
WOGLR Summer Retreat 2008 to address global operator challenges
RIGT exceeds £3.5 million funding target
PCA to appeal to High Court if appeal against player bans fails
Platini supports idea for merged Belgian and Nethlerlands league
EC asked to clarify sport's legal status
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