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EU & UK Competition Law & Public Interest: Best Practices & New Challenges ahead
Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 112: How Europe is Filling Enforcement Gaps for Digital Gatekeepers with Robert Klotz and Ciara Barbu-O’Connor
Nota Bene Episode 106: The Corporate Investor Movement Toward Environmental, Social, and Governmental Policies with Allison Troianos and Ariel Yehezkel
Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
What's Next after the Schrems II Decision of ECJ
Compliance Perspectives: The End of the Privacy Shield
Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver Heinisch
Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Nota Bene Episode 65: European Check In: Environmental Protection, Privacy Regulations, Digital Market Definition, and Brexit with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 55: Updates on the European Commission and Brexit with Isabelle Rahman and Oliver Heinisch
Jones Day Talks: EU's New Foreign Direct Investment Regulations Eye Specific Sectors
A new and powerful wave of “greenwashing” bans will sweep the European Union (EU) shortly. The EU’s Green Claims Directive and Greenwashing Directive (together, the Green Directives) are key legislative tools being introduced...more
Key topics in Akin’s July 2024 Sustainability/ESG Policy and Regulatory Update include: Updated Assessment of SFDR by EU Regulators: The European Supervisory Authorities have proposed changes to the Sustainable Finance...more
In this week’s edition, the European Commission contacted 20 airlines requiring them to address potentially misleading or inaccurate green claims. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) launched its digital...more
On September 14, 2023, the European Commission launched two consultations on the implementation of the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation ("SFDR"): One targeted at public bodies and expert stakeholders, and one aimed...more
The European Green Bond Standard seeks to be the “gold standard” for green bonds and reinforce the EU’s position as the leading market for sustainable finance. With the adoption of the EU green bond standard (the EU GBS),...more
On June 6, 2023, the BEUC and 23 of its member organizations from 19 countries filed a complaint with the European Commission and relevant consumer protection agencies pursuant to Directive 2005/29/EC, accusing 17 European...more
Over the last few months, the European Commission and the European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) have published a number of press releases and reports that aim to clarify and provide further updates on concepts used within...more
The European Commission has presented its long-awaited proposal for a Directive on substantiating environmental claims on March 22, 2023 which is intended to apply to all voluntary green claims covering not only texts, but...more
On March 22, 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for a new EU directive on the substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (the "Proposal"). This Proposal sets out specific rules for...more
The European Commission ("Commission") is relentless in its fight against Greenwashing and the misrepresentation of sustainability impacts or benefits of a company’s products or actions. Following the global ESG trend and the...more
It’s not easy being green: the European Commission has published its long-awaited proposal for the Green Claims Directive to enhance consumer protection against greenwashing....more
On 22 March 2023, the European Commission put forward two proposals which share a common objective: the promotion of sustainable consumption. The Right to Repair Directive will make it more attractive for consumers to have...more
The European Commission has proposed a directive on regulating so-called 'Green Claims', that lays down detailed rules on the substantiation, communication and verification of voluntary environmental claims and environmental...more
On March 8, 2023, 25 organizations wrote to the European Commission concerning its treatment of agriculture in the forthcoming Taxonomy Delegated Act, urging them to follow the advice published by their own expert group. The...more
The latest proposals show the direction of travel in the increasingly expanding web of consumer protection regulation on sustainable products and initiatives. Background - The European Green Deal, presented by the...more
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
Antitrust and Competition - Global Dawn Raids Signal Increased Antitrust Enforcement to Uncover Potential Cartel Behavior in the Fragrance Industry - On 7 March 2023, the European Commission (Commission), the United...more
On the 23 March 2023, the European Commission proposed a new Green Claims Directive (the “Directive“). If adopted, the Directive will have a huge impact on businesses making green claims on the products they sell in the EU. ...more
On February 15, 2023, the European Commission referred Croatia, Hungary, and Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (Directive) into national...more
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 16 December 2022, having been formally adopted by the European Parliament and Council of the European...more
In an attempt to align with their clients’ values, a growing number of businesses are selling products that are “ethically” sourced or “sustainable.” Both the US and the EU have started to monitor such claims and take...more
In an attempt to align with their clients' values, fashion companies have tried to manufacture and produce clothing that is ethically made and sustainable. Both the US and the EU have started to monitor such claims and...more