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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

Personal Data Sharing: What Information About Recipients Do We Need to Provide to Individuals Under the GDPR?

Mayer Brown on 9/13/2024

Sharing personal data is necessary for most organisations, but it also entails certain data protection risks. Controllers who share personal data with others must, among other obligations, ensure that they comply with the...more

The EU’s 12th Sanctions Package – Continued Pressure

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 1/22/2024

On 18 December 2023, the European Union (“EU”) adopted its 12th package of sanctions targeting Russia, in continued response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (“the Package”). A timeline of the previous 11 sanctions packages...more

Patent Poetry: European Union Approves First Wide-Scale AI Law

AEON Law on 12/13/2023

European lawmakers have reached an agreement on the world’s first comprehensive law on artificial intelligence (AI). According to the MIT Technology Review, The AI Act was conceived as a landmark bill that would mitigate...more

Foreign Subsidies Regulation Key Updates for PE Deal Teams

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/25/2023

European M&A is expected to become more complex after European legislators agreed on a new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), which came into force in January 2023 and aims to control subsidies that distort the EU internal...more

The Informed Board - Spring 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/25/2023

Changing CEOs is one of the most critical decisions any board faces. In this issue of The Informed Board, we offer tips on how to avoid the mistakes we most often see. We also explain the problems companies could face if the...more

EDPB updates the guidelines on data breach notification, addresses data processing in upcoming AML legislation

A&O Shearman on 4/17/2023

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) held its 77th plenary meeting on 28 March 2023. The EDPB considered the following key topics...more

EU's Foreign Subsidies Regulation – the European Commission seeks feedback on a draft implementing regulation

White & Case LLP on 2/14/2023

On 6 February 2023, the European Commission launched a four-week public consultation on the draft Implementing Regulation on proceedings under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). Whilst the Commission has made an effort...more

Year-End Omnibus Bill Includes First HSR Filing Fee Increases in More Than Twenty Years, Larger Agency Budgets, and New Foreign...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/4/2023

On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“Omnibus Bill”). The “Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022” substantially changes the filing fee schedule (with...more

Buying a UK Crypto Business: The New Regulatory Hurdles

Goodwin on 9/21/2022

The advance of the regulation of crypto-assets and crypto-related service providers has been piecemeal in the U.K. The latest round of changes took place in the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLR) on 1 September...more

EU Court Tightens Gun Jumping Rules

WilmerHale on 10/6/2021

On 22 September 2021, the EU’s second-highest court, the General Court, confirmed the European Commission’s 2018 decision (Case T-425/18—Altice Europe v. Commission) imposing an EUR 124 million fine on Altice Europe NV...more

International Data Protection Update – First Quarter 2021

BakerHostetler on 3/30/2021

This quarterly update highlights some of the international data protection issues that have caught our attention, and the attention of our clients, in the past three months....more

The Data & Brexit Digest – Drafting tips for contracts and policies

BCLP on 1/28/2021

With the UK now unambiguously out of the EU, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (“EU GDPR”) has been replaced by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”). In this third instalment of...more

Highly impactful - UK National Security & Investment Bill introduces mandatory Government review of a wide range of transactions

BCLP on 11/16/2020

On 11 November, the UK Government introduced to Parliament the long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill. The Bill, which is expected to be enacted in Spring 2021, is a transformative event for investors in UK...more

The New P2B Regulation Is Out – Here’s What Your Business Needs To Know

MoFo Tech on 7/16/2020

From 12 July 2020, any business (whether or not EU-based) providing an online platform or search engine to business users in the EU and the UK must comply with a new EU regulation designed to promote fairness and...more

Highest Administrative Court in France Upholds Google’s €50 Million Fine

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/30/2020

On January 21, 2019, the CNIL (the French data protection authority) issued a fine of €50 million to Google under the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) for its failure to (1) provide notice in an easily...more

Highest German Court rules on Cookie Consent (Planet49)

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/1/2020

Although the German parliament has failed to transpose the Cookie Directive into German law, operators of websites must require explicit consent before setting cookies on users’ computers, the German Federal Court of Justice...more

Merger Review Procedures Undergo Global Modifications

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/3/2020

The global spread of the novel coronavirus has disrupted everyday life all over the world and imposed significant difficulties on the business community. Antitrust merger reviews — and the authorities who conduct those...more

Starting March 1, Employers with Non-Dutch Employees Working in the Netherlands Must Provide Advance Notice

Littler on 2/26/2020

Beginning March 1, 2020, employers in countries other than the Netherlands in the European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland, that want their employees to work temporarily in the Netherlands will be required to provide...more

Orrick's 101- Legal Q&A | Termination Of Employment

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/4/2020

In Germany, employees enjoy rather strong protection against termination of employment. Additionally, there are some form requirements employers must observe. This Q&A two pager gives a basic overview of the termination...more

Foreign direct investment reviews 2019: A global perspective: Italy

White & Case LLP on 1/7/2020

Deals are generally not blocked by the Italian government. However, in connection with the clearance process, conditions may be imposed that can have a significant impact on the investment. The Italian government, which is...more

Dashcams and autonomous vehicles: Dodging legal landmines in the EU

White & Case LLP on 10/21/2019

White & Case Technology Newsflash - The development of autonomous vehicles has attracted significant attention in recent years. The technologies being used in order to enable vehicles to navigate without human assistance...more

CJEU: pre-ticked checkboxes for cookies are invalid

White & Case LLP on 10/17/2019

The Court of Justice of the EU ("CJEU") has declared that pre-ticked checkboxes cannot be used to gain valid consent from individuals, with respect to the dropping and reading of cookies. This decision further emphasises the...more

Continuing GDPR Pressure for Adtech

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/6/2019

Data protection authorities (DPAs) in the European Union (EU) continue to scrutinize practices in the adtech sector for compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and local data protection and...more

A U.S.-Style Regime for Class Action Litigation Looms Large in the EU

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/7/2019

Multinational corporations operating in the United States and abroad encounter complex and dispositive legal frameworks that govern not only substantive rights, but also procedural rules that dictate who may assert such...more

GDPR: The Most Frequently Asked Questions: Can a company send data breach notifications to impacted individuals through email?

BCLP on 10/2/2018

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is arguably the most comprehensive - and complex - data privacy regulation in the world. Although the GDPR went into force on May 25, 2018, there continues to...more

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