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RSS disclosureCEO search begins as Todd exits ICL
News In a shock disclosure, broken on silicon.com earlier today, one of the UK's biggest ebusiness service companies said its financial performance was simply not up to scratch to launch an IPO. ICL has begun the hunt for a... [02 Aug 2000]
Linklaters establishes £5m online advice site
News These include regulatory compliance advice, tools for fund managers and information relating to shareholding disclosure. City law firm Linklaters has put £5m behind Blueflag.com, a separate company it has set up to... [18 Apr 2000]
John Lewis and Dixons spat could end up in court
News Conversely, the Microsoft trial was characterised by full disclosure by the authorities. John Lewis could take Dixons' to court if the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) fails to intervene over the retail giant's alleged... [12 Apr 2000]
Transatlantic Cable: is Silicon Valley ready for Y2K?
Comment The US Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act requires that all companies give information on the readiness of themselves and their products for the millennium. Like the sword of Damocles, the millennium is... [23 Nov 1999]
Freedom of Information Bill slammed by lobbyists
News A Public Affairs Select Committee report, published in July, also criticised the Bill, and stated: "There should be a clear presumption in favour of disclosure as a right of citizenship. Beyond stating the right to... [18 Nov 1999]
Net shifts power to businesses, says Esther Dyson
News Instead, she said, independent bodies such as Trustee should be relied upon to establish "basic disclosure and honesty" rules. The balance of power between government and industry is likely to shift dramatically in... [18 Aug 1999]
Freedom of Information Bill comes under fire
News Maurice Frankel, director at the pressure group, said: "The two main things we would like to see happen are the Information Commissioner should have the right to make the final decision on disclosure, and secondly the... [02 Aug 1999]
Y2K: What price a Good Samaritan?
Comment When the Australian government introduced the Bill to its House of Representatives in February, it claimed it would end the sense of fear, felt by many corporates, of legal reprisals following disclosure of their Year... [02 Mar 1999]
European firms face Y2K legal chaos in wake of Good Samaritan Act
News President Clinton signed the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act - dubbed the Good Samaritan Act - into law on 19 October. A US law could turn the wrath of Y2K litigation on European companies. [28 Oct 1998]
Banks reveal all in Y2K Web disclosures
News The full disclosure planned by these Global 2000 members is meant to allay these fears. Five major banks are to use the Internet to reveal just how prepared they are for the millennium date change. DBS Bank of Singapore... [20 Oct 1998]
UK set for freedom of information bill
News These recommendations included: proposals for integrating FOI with privacy requirements under the Data Protection Act, a commitment to publish the results of the government review of restrictions on disclosure in... [23 Jul 1998]
In brief: NatWest employee fined for disclosing customer information
News The convictions include unlawful disclosure of personal data against Noel Larbey, and unlawful procuring and sale of personal data against Michael Larbey's company, Kingscliffe Ltd. A former NatWest Bank employee and his... [17 Jul 1998]
