Daily Compliance News: April 25, 2025, The Trouble in Travel Edition
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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
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
When the AI Act was first proposed by the European Commission in 2021, the concept of “general purpose AI” was nowhere to be found. These rules were introduced during the legislative process to align the AI Act to the...more
On 18 September 2024, the General Court of the European Union (General Court) largely upheld the fine imposed by the European Commission (Commission) finding that a global tech company had engaged in predatory pricing of its...more
This regular alert covers key regulatory developments related to EU emergency responses, including in particular to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, COVID-19, and cyber threats. It does not purport to provide an...more
Now that the EU AI Act has come into force, companies deploying high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the European Union (EU) must prepare to navigate a complex landscape of new obligations by 2 August 2027. This...more
A new era of AI legislation has begun as the EU AI Act enters into force on August 1, 2024. With broad extraterritorial reach, significant penalties of up to seven percent of worldwide annual turnover, and an emphasis on...more
On July 12, 2024, the European Union’s (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) was published in the Official Journal of the EU. This was the last step for the AI Act to become law. The AI Act will enter into force 20 days...more
Yesterday, the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (‘AI Act’) was signed into law. The AI Act will impose obligations on both private and public sector actors which provide, import, distribute, or deploy in-scope AI systems. It...more
May 25th marked six years since the General Data Protection Regulation has been in effect. Since it was implemented, GDPR has been regarded as the gold standard for data protection legislation across the world....more
The inaugural TEC Institute Summit took place on 24 April 2024, organised in collaboration with Cornerstone Research and the European University Institute’s Centre for a Digital Society. Policymakers, technological...more
The European Parliament formally adopted the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), a first-of-its-kind comprehensive regulation governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI), on March 13, 2024. While applicable to a...more
In December 2023, European Union (EU) lawmakers reached an agreement on the EU AI Act. In our article titled An Introduction to the EU AI Act, we focused on applicability, thresholds, timing, and penalties related to the EU...more
On March 13, 2024, the European Parliament approved the much-anticipated EU Artificial Intelligence Act (‘AI Act’). The AI Act is billed as the first comprehensive legal framework worldwide that specifically regulates AI...more
Who will play the leading role if we make a new series about AI? If you interview Steven Spielberg, Sundar Pichai, and Sam Altman, you might receive three distinct ideas ranging from the 2001 classic "AI: Artificial...more
On March 13, 2024, the EU Parliament voted to pass the EU’s much-discussed AI Act (with 523 votes in favor, 46 against and 49 abstentions). For an insight into the AI Act’s progression through the EU lawmaking system, see our...more
On March 13, 2024, the EU AI Act received its final assent from the EU Parliament with 523 votes in favor, 46 against and 49 abstentions, bringing it one step closer to adoption. Minor linguistic changes are still to be...more
Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Carried Out Unannounced Inspections in the Tires Sector - On 30 January 2024, the Commission conducted dawn raids at the premises of several companies active in the tires...more
On June 14, 2023, the European Parliament passed its version of the Artificial Intelligence Act (the “Act”). The Act is now under review by negotiators from the European Union’s (“EU”) three bodies – the European Commission,...more
On December 8, 2023, EU policymakers reached an agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). As a standard-bearer for global digital and data governance, the EU has been setting regulatory benchmarks on emerging...more
On 14 June 2023, the European Parliament (Parliament) plenary voted on its position on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), which was adopted by a large majority, with 499 votes in favor, 28 against, and 93 abstentions....more
The world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework is “a step closer” to becoming law, the European Parliament recently announced. Following the European Commission’s 2021 draft proposal, a draft negotiating...more
Manufacturers and other stakeholders contemplating the use of AI-enabled products and services should be mindful of new rules proposed by the European Commission (EC) to address product liability claims related to AI systems....more
After using a large language model, such as ChatGPT, for a while, it is not hard to image an array of nightmarish scenarios that these generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs could bring about. While ChatGPT and its...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation Expected to Enter into Force by Mid-2023 - On 28 November 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), which granted the...more
On July 18, 2022, the UK government published high-level proposals for its approach to regulating uses of artificial intelligence (AI), as part of its National AI Strategy and, more broadly, its UK Digital Strategy. The...more