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
7/26/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Digital Communications ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Parliament ,
Fake Reviews ,
Germany ,
IP Addresses ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Political Advertising ,
Right to Repair ,
UK
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
4/6/2023
/ Advertising Standards Authority ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Cyber Threats ,
DATA Act ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services ,
Duty To Repair ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Parliament ,
False Advertising ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Greenwashing ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Misleading Statements ,
Network and Information Security Directive ,
Popular ,
Research and Development ,
Tax Credits ,
Technology ,
Websites ,
Withdrawal Agreement
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
1/10/2023
/ Compliance ,
Consumer Rights Directive ,
Content Marketing ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) ,
Digital Communications ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
Digital Services ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Harmonization Rules ,
Member State ,
Minors ,
OFCOM ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers
To help organisations 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
10/12/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Germany ,
Net Neutrality ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
OFCOM ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Telecommunications ,
UK
On July 18, 2022, the European Council formally adopted the “Regulation on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector”, also referred to as the “Digital Markets Act” or “DMA”. This marks the final step for this new...more
7/19/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Big Tech ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Use Policies ,
Digital Marketplace ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Council ,
Member State ,
Mergers ,
Online Advertisements ,
Online Platforms ,
Search Engines ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Web Browsers
The European Commission published the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and related guidelines on May 10, 2022. The purpose of the block exemption is to generally exempt agreements between market players at different...more
5/13/2022
/ Distributors ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Goods or Services ,
Most-Favored Nations ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Online Marketplace ,
Resale Pricing ,
Retailers ,
Supply Chain ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER)
To help organisations 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 European digital regulatory and...more
4/11/2022
/ Compliance ,
Content Marketing ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
DATA Act ,
Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) ,
Digital Communications ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
Digital Rights ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Germany ,
Internet of Things ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
OFCOM ,
Online Gaming ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Right to Repair ,
The Copyright Act ,
UK Parliament ,
Video Games
For many years, the regulation of digital markets has been a key priority in Europe. In 2015, the European Commission committed the EU to the creation of a digital single market – and that commitment spawned a series of...more
4/26/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Digital Goods ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Services ,
Digital Single Market ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Geo-Blocking ,
Popular ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
In recent years, there have been various antitrust investigations in the pharmaceutical sector resulting in decisions of the European Commission (EC) and the European Courts. In two recent rulings – “Lundbeck and...more
The EU General Court (“Court”) reduced the fines imposed on Servier SAS and its subsidiaries (“Servier”) from a total of €428 million to €315 million (see press release no. 194/18), thereby partially annulling a European...more
Summary -
As part of its Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, the European Commission has emphasized the importance of fostering a “trusting, lawful and innovation-driven ecosystem” around online platforms in the EU. It...more
The existing European telecoms regulatory framework has not undergone any major amendments since 2009. The EU regulatory regime has been overtaken by technological and market changes. And, not only has the outdated regime...more
Summary -
As part of the EU’s Digital Single Market initiative, the European Commission has been working to identify potential competition concerns affecting European e-commerce markets. The Commission suspects that...more
Germany's New Merger Control Regime - New Filing Requirements to Come -
..Introduction of an Upgraded Transaction Value Test
..New Local Nexus Test Requires Further Advance Analysis
Germany is about to enact a revised...more
5/1/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Investment ,
France ,
General Motors ,
Germany ,
Internet of Things ,
Italy ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Nexus ,
Startups ,
Subsidiaries
In December 2015, we reported about a German court that classified Google’s Gmail as a regulated telecommunications service. This court decision added to the discussion of whether and to what extent communications services...more
For the past five years, Google and the German telecommunications regulator, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur – BNetzA), have been arguing whether Google’s email service Gmail qualifies as a telecommunications...more
On 21 May 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed that cartel victims may jointly sue cartelists for damages in an EU Member State where only one of the cartelists is domiciled. This rule applies even if the...more