Medical device and diagnostics companies and laboratories should anticipate significant legal, regulatory and market changes in 2020 that will have a lasting impact on the industry. From revisions to how the government...more
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• Non-profit organizations are testing companies’ GDPR compliance through targeted requests for information and other means and are filing complaints against allegedly non-compliant companies.
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On August 1, 2016, the Department of Commerce began accepting applications for self-certification under the new Privacy Shield requirements. Privacy Shield was approved by the European Union (EU) on July 12, 2016, and...more
Wednesday, February 3, brought additional developments pertaining to the transfer of personal data from the EU to the U.S. consistent with EU privacy law. Just one day prior, we reported on the announcement by the EU and U.S....more
On December 15, 2015, European Union (“EU”) politicians and officials reached a political agreement on a new EU-wide legal framework to govern data sharing and collection and related consumer privacy rights. It is called the...more
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- Just this week, Europe's highest court struck down the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework, stating that it failed to adequately protect the privacy rights of EU citizens.
- The ruling,...more
In addition to heightened focus on director tenure, companies are facing increasing pressure to diversify their boards. The SEC requires companies to disclose whether and how the board or nominating committee considers...more