The CMS Cameron McKenna Technology Annual Review is now available to download.
The Technology Annual Review contains short, easy to read articles on topics of interest over the last year, presented on a month-by-month basis. Topics in this year’s Review include: Search Engine Keywords, Digital Britain, Unclear Contract Terms, Al Fayed's Domain Name, Bloggers' Defences, Phorm, Pirates, eBay's Liability, Excluding Liability, AdWords, Defamation, Skype, Lily Allen, Service by Twitter, Product Placement and much, much more.
On 15 March 2010, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) published guidance on the mandatory requirement for contracting authorities to exclude economic operators (suppliers, contracts and services providers) from public contracts where they have been convicted of certain offences. Read the full article.
On 11 March 2010, draft regulations establishing mediation as alternative procedure for the settlement of disputes were introduced to the Russian Parliament. Assuming they are accepted, they will come into force on 1 January 2011.
Mediation has not previously been expressly provided for in Russian legislation nor has any law contained a detailed description or procedure for it.
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Transfer Pricing Bulletin
IP Snapshot: May 2010
Evolving laws on bribery and corruption in England and Wales
Cleantech
Anti-Corruption Zone
RegZone
In his final report on civil litigation costs in England and Wales, Lord Justice Jackson identified e-disclosure as a significant element of litigation costs and advocated clearer, more efficient and cost effective ways of managing Electronically Stored Information (ESI). The Jackson report endorsed the draft Practice Direction on e-disclosure produced by a working party chaired by Senior Master Whitaker. The draft PD is currently being considered by a sub-committee of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC) and in Gavin Goodale v The Ministry of Justice Senior Master Whitaker directed that the questionnaire that is attached to the draft PD should be used. Although the draft PD and questionnaire have not yet been formally approved by the CPRC, the decision indicates that parties will in future be encouraged to use the questionnaire as best practice.View the full article.
On 1 May 2010, new rules on reimbursing employees for their costs of commuting to work will take effect.
Under the new rules, reimbursement is compulsory for:
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