Daily Compliance News: April 24, 2025, The Made in Malaysia Edition
Fierce Competition Podcast | Below-Threshold Mergers: Global Antitrust Scrutiny
Fierce Competition Podcast | Takeaways From the Illumina-Grail Merger Challenge Saga
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The Informed Board Podcast | Will the EU’s Focus on Foreign Subsidies Make It More Difficult To Acquire European Businesses?
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
On April 22, 2025, the AI Office within the EU Commission launched a multi-stakeholder consultation to assist in the preparation of guidelines aiming at clarifying the scope of the rules for providers of GPAI models in the AI...more
While the authorities’ publications on AI have recently tended to be in the area of data protection (such as the EDPB, which we covered here and here), the European Commission has recently published its first set of [draft]...more
The European Commission published guidelines that clarify the definition of AI systems under the AI Act, analyzing each component of the definition of AI system, providing examples and specifying which systems should be...more
Recently, the European Commission announced plans to advance Europe's position in the global AI race. Primarily, the Commission seeks to develop a 20 billion euro fund to build a network of AI gigafactories in Europe. This...more
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is considered to be the world’s first comprehensive horizontal legal framework for AI. It provides for EU-wide rules on data quality, transparency, human oversight,...more
The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is the world's first comprehensive legal framework for AI regulation, which entered into force on August 1, 2024. The AI Act aims to ensure that AI systems are trustworthy, safe and...more
Our global antitrust enforcement report reveals significant increase in overall fines - In the latest edition of our annual report, we identify the major trends and developments in antitrust enforcement worldwide in 2024 and...more
Digital regulation continues to be at the forefront of regulator concerns, as authorities focus on technology companies through traditional antitrust tools and new digital markets regimes. Further legislation and guidance is...more
The European Commission (EC) has released an updated version of the Model Contractual Clauses for AI Procurement (MCC-AI), providing further guidance for public-sector buyers navigating AI procurement under the European Union...more
2024 saw a significant increase in overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report at USD6.7 billion, over double that of 2023 (USD2.9bn) and substantially...more
COMPETITION - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11819 - Audi / Qatar Holding / Sauber Hodling) - Commission carries out unannounced antitrust inspections in the non-alcoholic drinks sector and asks for...more
COMPETITION - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11835 - ABC Technologies / TI Fluid Systems) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11898 - Sonaca / Govera Inversiones / Aciturri...more
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability raise questions regarding its potential use in violating EU competition law. ...more
This month’s briefing covers President Trump’s executive orders, as well as the EU Commission’s decision not to proceed with the AI Liability Directive. Meanwhile, an advocacy organization’s lawsuit alleges Meta’s ad...more
The first EU & UK AI Round-up, published on 15 January 2025, discussed the important regulatory updates affecting the AI ecosystem in both the EU and the UK that occurred towards the end of 2024. Notably since that update,...more
On 30 January 2025, the European Commission published the first annual report on the implementation of the revised EU Dual-Use Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 2021/821) since it entered into force. EU member states are in...more
Understanding the need for regulation to ensure the safe use of AI, the European Union (EU) has introduced the world’s most comprehensive legal guideline, EU AI Act, designed to impose strict requirements on AI systems...more
The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act ("AI Act"), the world's first comprehensive legal framework on AI, entered into force on August 1, 2024. The AI Act sets out staggered compliance deadlines for the various...more
On February 11 2025, the European Commission (the EU Commission) released its 2025 work programme in which it published its AI and privacy initiatives for 2025 (the Work Programme) in order to boost competitiveness, enhance...more
Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping modern society, enabling the automation and modification of routine human activities and, consequently, enhancing efficiency and productivity. Like any technological development, AI...more
The European Commission (EC) has published draft guidelines on the definition of an AI system to explain the practical application of the legal concept, as anchored in the EU AI Act. The EC aims to assist providers and other...more
As counsel to global companies, we often guide clients through not just U.S. antitrust issues, but also through a global antitrust landscape. Whether it is a merger or a business practice, it is crucial to understand how all...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11857 - Oaktree / Basalt / JV) - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11805 - Unucredit / CNP Unicredit Vita)...more
COMPETITION - ABC Technologies has filed its acquisition of TI Fluid Systems acquisition under the EU foreign-subsidy regulation - See Case FS.100182 (Deadline on 12 March)....more