The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advert placed by a local car dealership which used the Volvo logo because the advertiser was not an official Volvo dealer.

Neither a publisher of an article nor the search engine service provider should be liable if selected words taken from the publisher’s article by the search engine result changed the meaning and made it defamatory.

Ofcom – the UK media and communications regulator – has announced plans for the enforcement of a new law which implements regulations concerning TV-type content online.

The UK is 25th out of 66 countries measured for the quality of their broadband networks, according to a survey by Cisco, the networking equipment supplier.

Mediterranean Salvage chartered its ship to Seamar Trading. During loading at Chekka, the ship was damaged due to hidden underwater projection at the loading berth.

This case surrounded two licences to make and sell Umbro’s football clothes in the US. One licence (to Dick’s) was for the exclusive sale of on-field sports clothing and the other (to Hudson Bay) was for the exclusive sale of off-field clothing.

Kaschke was a local politician. Gray posted some comments on Hilton’s web site that Kaschke argued was defamatory.

The decline in advertising revenues for television stations and its replacement with online advertising spend has continued apace, with online advertising overtaking the television medium for the first time.

The Information Commissioner's Office has served Enforcement Notices on 14 construction firms for their part in the construction worker 'blacklist' scandal.

The final Digital Britain report has been published. It arose out of an action plan commissioned by the government in 2008 on the future of the digital and communications industries.

The Information Commissioner now has a new power to impose a monetary penalty of up to £500,000 if a data controller has seriously contravened the data protection principles and the contravention was of a kind likely to cause substantial damage or substantial distress.

The freezing of flights over the UK due to a large cloud of Icelandic volcanic ash means that many businesses cannot do what they are supposed to do.

The Financial Services Authority has published its review of complaint handling in banking groups.

The Independent Commission on Banking has now launched a website http://bankingcommission.independent.gov.uk/bankingcommission/.

According to new Insolvency Service figures, the number of people in England and Wales becoming insolvent rose to a new high in the first three months of 2010.

Two companies operated websites, by which prospective customers were provided with a ‘comparison service’ for insurance cover from various insurers.

Danjaq – the owner of the rights in the James Bond film, Dr No - has failed to prevent Mission Productions from registering a European Community trade mark for the term ‘DR NO’ for bags, clothing, food and drink.

JD Salinger - the 90 year old author of "The Catcher In The Rye" - has filed a law suit in the US claiming that a new book called '60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye' infringes his copyright in the original novel and in its protagonist Houlden Caulfield.

Richard Bracchi tried to get his new business up and running as quickly as possible when he copied various data from his old employer and then gave the impression that he was somehow connected to them – but he ended up feeling the full force of the law for his actions.

A German company has been found guilty of making groundless threats of patent infringement to Boots by the High Court.