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Vinson & Elkins LLP

The Peer-Pressure Probe: European Commission To Review Facebook’s Acquisition Of Kustomer Following Requests From Member Nations

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On May 12, 2021, the European Commission (“the Commission”) announced that it will review Facebook’s proposed acquisition of customer relationship management (“CRM”) startup, Kustomer. While the deal failed to trigger the...more

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German and Austrian Competition Authorities Publish Draft Guidelines on New Transaction Value Merger Control Thresholds

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In the wake of the Facebook/WhatsApp deal, Germany and Austria amended their respective competition laws in 2017 and supplemented the traditional turnover threshold test for pre-merger control notification with a...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Schrems v. Facebook: The Show Must Go On In Vienna, But Now As A One-Man Show

Recently, Austrian privacy activist Maximilian Schrems won a partial victory in his continuing battles with Facebook. We discuss that case below. But first, we review his prior tilts with Facebook....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

European Court of Justice Dismisses Privacy Class Action Against Facebook but Allows Max Schrems to Sue in Austria

In yet another round of Schrems versus Facebook, on January 25, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that privacy activist Max Schrems is a consumer with regard to his Facebook profile despite his...more

McGuireWoods LLP

An Austrian Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Facebook

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Through its Irish subsidiary, Facebook is the target of a major EU class action lawsuit filed in Austria by Maximillian Schrems, the law student who brought forward the CJEU case C-362/14 that invalidated the EU – US Safe...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

EU safe harbor update

Last week, the Vienna Higher Regional Court ruled that most of Max Schrems’ claims against Facebook can proceed, including his claim that Facebook improperly allowed his personal information to be shared with the National...more

Locke Lord LLP

Facebook Wins First Round of European Class Action Privacy Battle

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Facebook has won its latest class action case in a long-running legal battle involving 25,000 European Facebook users. The class action was led by Austrian law student and privacy campaigner Max Schrems, and alleged that...more

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity

In the E.U., Where to Bring Suit When the Subject is Data and the Defendant is a U.S. Company? Hint: It’s About More Than Just...

When are U.S. social media companies subject to European data privacy laws? As we reported in 2013, the answer is often contingent on geographic location – where the relevant data is processed. In 2013, for example, a German...more

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