In this webinar, Morrison & Foerster partner Alja Poler De Zwart and associate Mercedes Samavi will discuss EU countries’ efforts to implement the Whistleblowing Directive into national law. We will also highlight some...more
The whistleblowing rules in Europe are about to change dramatically. The new Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, also referred to as the “Whistleblowing Directive,” will require Member...more
A newly passed bill in the Netherlands has increased the fining power of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) to up to EUR 810,000 or 10 percent of an organization’s annual worldwide turnover.
On May 27, 2015, the...more
On July 1, 2013, the Republic of Croatia will become the twenty-eighth Member State of the European Union (EU). Croatia’s accession is the result of ten years of rigorous efforts, which started with its application for...more
On May 15, 2013, in a case filed against Google by an entrepreneur selling dietary supplements and cosmetics (the “Plaintiff”), the German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe (Bundesgerichtshof, the “Federal Court”) ruled...more