UK mulls blanket ban on unfair commercial practices
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Asks retailers for input The Government has asked retailers to comment on draft legislation that will force them to "deal fairly" with customers and other businesses.â¦
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Union head office this week proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc's maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an "opt-out" to the law.
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Union trade regulators asked to probe 'one country, single store' policy
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U.S. House of Representatives  lawmakers this week will propose restricting ownership of banks  by commercial companies in a legislative push to derail the  efforts of retailing giants to move into financial services.
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UK watchdog the Office of Fair Trading is investigating claims that Apple is ripping off its UK customers. The investigation follows a complaint that UK customers were having to shell out more for the reassuringly
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Features of the personal banking industry in NI "appear to restrict competition" says the Office of Fair Trading.
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The Consumers&#39; Association (CA) has accused Apple of taking too big a bite out of UK music lovers&#39; money. It has asked the Office of Fair (OFT) to investigate the potential breach of competition law.
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'Unfair and misleading' Some of the biggest software companies are facing possible investigation by the UK's Office of Fair Trading because their licensing agreements are unfair.â¦
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The UK music industry is set to prosecute people who swap music illegally over the internet.
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The company seeks to overturn a penalty imposed for lack of antitrust compliance.
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The U.K. is looking to change copyright laws that make it illegal to copy music for personal use and for libraries to archive material under copyright.The U.K. Intellectual Property Office, which handles patent and copyright issues, released proposals on Tuesday that would amend the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988. The proposals will be evaluated through April 8.The proposals were taken from a study released in December 2006, the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, which recommended a raft of changes to U.K. copyright law.The U.K. remains one of the few European countries that still prohibits private copying for personal use. Germany and France, as well as the U.S., have exception in their laws to let someone, for example, make MP3s on their computer from a CD they own, or copy a record to a cassette tape.However, the U.K.&#39;s personal copying law isn&#39;t enforced, and most of the British public are unaware of it, according to the Gowers review. The fact that violators go unpunished &quot;adds to the general sense of illegitimacy around copyright law,&quot; the review said.The proposals would create a limited exception for personal copying. Also, libraries would be allowed to legally make archive copies of material for preservation purposes.The British Library has been in favor of amending some copyright regulations, as it has said parts of its collection are deteriorating, but copyright law prohibits them from making backup copies.The proposals would also make a new exception for material that parodies something under copyright and leeway for schools conducting distance learning activities.
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The FSA is considering a crackdown on websites that compare insurance products, the BBC has learned.
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Smokers' rights groups call for some exceptions to England's smoking ban which becomes law next week.
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The UK music industry is set to launch legal action against people who download music from the internet.
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Judges to rule on a case that could change the way alcohol and tobacco is bought within the European Union.
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The European Commission takes Britain to court over its treatment of cross-Channel shoppers.
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British companies have been discriminated in winning lucrative public contracts in European Union countries, according to a report on Monday commissioned by the Treasury.