INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS -
The New European Commission -
Nearly two months after presenting her Political Guidelines for the next European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the new Commission, on 10...more
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS -
The New European Parliament: More Fragmentation, Ad Hoc Coalitions, And Greener Policies?
The results of the May 2019 European Parliament (“EP”) elections resulted in a more complex European...more
6/27/2019
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EIOPA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
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European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Exports ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fines ,
MiFID II ,
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Regulatory Agenda ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
Antitrust and Competition -
EU Cartel Damages: Advocate General says that liability in cartel damages cannot be avoided through corporate restructuring -
On 6 February 2019, Advocate General Nils Wahl found in his...more
On 10 November 2017, the European Union (“EU”) General Court (“GC”) rendered a judgment partially annulling the European Commission’s (“Commission”) decision fining a broker for its involvement in the Libor Yen interest rate...more
12/8/2017
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Blockchain ,
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Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
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Television Programming ,
WTO
On 8 February 2017, the Commission announced it had imposed fines totaling almost EUR 68 million on three companies for participating in a cartel to fix purchase prices of scrap lead-acid automotive batteries.
The cartel...more
The European Commission (“Commission”) has recently imposed a record fine of EUR 2.93 billion on some of the largest truck producers for their involvement in a cartel lasting 14 years and covering the entire European Economic...more
Antitrust and competition -
A welcome limitation on the investigatory powers of the Commission when requesting information from companies - On 10 March 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) set aside...more
4/22/2016
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Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Belgium ,
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CFTC ,
Construction Industry ,
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Cross-Border ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Digital Media ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
International Data Transfers ,
Leniency Programs ,
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MiFID II ,
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Oil & Gas ,
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Terrorist Threats ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) has recently clarified how participation in cartels can be presumed under EU competition rules. An online booking system used for package holidays had sent to travel agents...more
2/19/2016
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Breach Notification Rule ,
Capital Markets Union ,
Cartels ,
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EU ,
Italy ,
Loans ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
Unfair Competition