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EDITORIAL: Card, precious card
UK: OFT: review of the UK retail banking sector
ONLINE CRIME: Emerging online fraud and cybercrime threats
ARGENTINA: Mobile payments in Argentina still have a long way to go
RUSSIA: The development of the e-money market in Russia
AFRICA: Understanding Africa's mobile commerce ecosystem
E-MONEY: The digital currency industry: past, present and future
EDITORIAL: To accountability and beyond
DATA TRANSFERS: The sinking of the Safe Harbor: myth or reality?
UK: The complexities of processing children's data online
DATA RETENTION: Cloud computing and new data retention dilemmas
EMPLOYEE MONITORING: City of Ontario v. Quon: Supreme Court findings
INDIA: The enforcement of the IT Act: how it works in practice
UK: Comparing the ICO and FSA - implications for businesses
EDITORIAL: Too secure for its own good
UK: OFT: Behavioural advertising and consumer protection
SOUTH AFRICA: The Internet and Cell Phone Pornography Bill
UK: The Great Repeal: IP and IT laws the UK could do without
MINORS ONLINE: The complexities of online services for young users
UK: Anti-piracy: Ofcom's Draft Initial Obligations Code
COMMENT: A new beginning for legal complaints, by email
CASE LAW UPDATE: Key e-commerce cases
EDITORIAL: Hands up if you can answer
COMMENT: EU Member States, illegal gambling and public policy
USA: The moral and financial implications of online gambling
TECHNOLOGY: Four steps forward: crucial advances in technology
DENMARK: How Denmark tackles the issue of unauthorised gambling
TAX: Tax inequalities in the treatment of poker games in the EU
MOBILE GAMING: The future of mobile gaming and financial markets
OPINION: How to set up an offshore online gambling platform
OPINION: WADA and the pharmaceutical industry fight doping
ADVERTISING: Ambush marketing: FIFA's rights protection programme
GOVERNANCE: Self-regulation of sport: arguments for and against
PLAYER CONTRACTS: Appiah: compensation not due for breach of contract
TAX: International sport shuns the UK because of tax
EVENT MANAGEMENT: Legal issues around ejecting spectators from sport events
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LONDON 2010: In The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd v H&S Media Ltd, the World Intellectual Property Organization orders the transfer of the domain 'mylondon2012' back to the Committee involved in the London Olympic Games.
PATENTS: In the Bilski case, the US Supreme Court rejects Bilski's business patent method and holds that the 'machine or transformation' test - which had been used to determine patentability is not the only test available.
FIXTURE LISTS - UK: In the Football Dataco case, a UK judge finds that there was considerable judgement and work in selecting and arranging the contents of the lists in a database. The judgement and discretion involved were sufficient to be given copyright protection.
FIXTURE LISTS - AUSTRALIA: The High Court of Australia holds that to claim protection as a database under Australian copyright law, fixture lists should satisfy the ‘originality’ criterion and not merely the ‘skill and judgement’ test.
DEFAMATION: In Kaschke v Gray & Hilton, the UK High Court denies summary judgment to the controller of a website - on which alleged defamatory material was posted - on the basis that his control over the website involved more than just the mere storage of information.
SPAM: In Asis v Rausch, a US court awards Asis - an internet service provider - $2,596,020 in damages for having lost business, time and revenue by receiving more than 200,000 spam emails every day from the same company.
STORED MESSAGES: In the Crispin v Audigier case, a US district court holds that private messages and postings sent via Facebook and MySpace are protected under the Stored Communications Act.
DOMAIN NAMES: In the Internetportal case, the Court of Justice of the European Union specifies the criteria surrounding the revocation of .eu top level domain names registered in an abusive manner.
NETWORK PRACTICES: In the Comcast case, a US Court of Appeals holds that the Federal Communications Commission has no regulatory authority over Comcast's network practices as it had not linked this authority to any express statutory authority.
BREAKING NEWS: In Barclays Capital Inc. v Theflyonthewall.com, a US federal district court rules that a news company must refrain from re-publishing online investment news produced by another company before a certain time has elapsed, as the news is protected by copyright.
MESSAGING: In the Quon case, the US Supreme Court permits a government employer to search employee pager communications, because the search was 'not excessively intrusive'.
COPYRIGHT: In SGAE v Padawan S.L., an Advocate General for the European Court of Justice concludes that a levy on private copies may be imposed only where it may be presumed that they were used for private copying.
KEYWORDS: In the Portakabin case, the Court of Justice of the European Union finds that the owner of a trade mark can prevent it being used as a keyword in third parties' online advertisements.
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Biggest US telecoms to give m-payments a major push
Israeli regulator urges banks to draft clear policies on SNS use
New card to make Bangkok cashless
German DPA: Safe Harbor Scheme must be terminated
HHS withdrawal of notification rule welcomed by US patients
Scope of Taiwan privacy law set to expand
Google's revised AdWords policy causes industry divide
Proposals in US will allow states to force e-retailers to collect tax
US media shield Bill won't apply to Wikileaks
Barnier: Santa Casa does not create EU law principle
Australia rejects advice to allow e-gambling just before election
Antigua PM threatens US with sanctions
Golfers challenge Asian Tour's ban on other tournaments
HMRC to pursue 'Football Creditors' rule challenge despite Portsmouth judgment
Expert speakers confirmed for gambling briefing
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