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Representative Actions for Redress: A New Option Since 13 October 2023

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The redress action allows consumer associations to collectively sue companies for performance claims of consumers. The law has entered into force on 13 October 2023....more

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Key Developments for Employers in the UK - Issue 4

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Welcome to the fourth edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative. In this edition we look at:...more

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European Commission Acts to Block Illumina-Grail Transaction Just Days After Judge Rejects FTC Action Against the Deal

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This morning the European Commission (EC) moved to unwind and block Illumina’s $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail. Illumina announced that it intends to appeal the decision. This development comes on the heels of Illumina’s...more

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Natural Justice in the Context of Interim Applications

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It is quite common for a party considering bringing an interim injunction application to weigh, among other things, the risk, by bringing the application, of having to disclose information to the court and the respondent that...more

White & Case LLP

AAA plc & ors v Persons Unknown: Cyber Activism or Blackmail?

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In recent years, demands for payments in cryptocurrencies have become the ransom of choice for cyber extortionists and other online frauds. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health lockdowns precipitated an...more

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Privacy Update: California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law After Court Victory

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California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law After Court Victory - California’s net neutrality law bars internet service providers from prioritizing, blocking, slowing down, or speeding up internet content. California’s law...more

Hogan Lovells

Court decides on the provisional deferral of rent for the hotel W Amsterdam – A trend for the jurisdiction in the Netherlands?

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In summary proceedings (kort geding) the tenant of the hotel W Amsterdam has obtained an injunction in the form of a provisional order pending a final decision. The provisional order provides that the tenant may postpone its...more

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How Will the EU Representative Action Directive Affect France’s Class Action Regime?

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As the Representative Action Directive enters into force, France will have to adopt a cross-border mechanism and expand the scope of entities qualified to bring consumer class actions. The European Parliament has endorsed...more

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Bye-bye, automatic injunction? German Ministry of Justice publishes second draft of Patent Act reform

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The German Ministry of Justice just published its second draft for a reform of the German Patent Act. The new draft still contains the suggestion for a limitation of the so far "automatic" injunction in cases of a patent...more

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"Class Actions" in Europe: Steps Toward a Harmonized Litigation Framework

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The Situation: Negotiators for the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (the "Council") have reached an agreement on new European rules on collective consumer action. The Council has thus published a...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.6.2019 | Top Story: Drug Distributors and Maker in Talks for Multi-billion-dollar Opioid Litigation...

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A group of three major drug distributors—McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health—are in the midst of talks with representatives of state and local governments who have brought more than 2000 opioid-related lawsuits...more

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Rogachev v Goryainov: White & Case secure the discharge of an English High Court freezing injunction for non-disclosure

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In Rogachev v Goryainov [2019] EWHC 1529 (QB) the High Court discharged a freezing injunction for non-disclosure at the return date hearing and refused to grant further injunctive relief highlighting the significance of full...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A U.S.-Style Regime for Class Action Litigation Looms Large in the EU

Multinational corporations operating in the United States and abroad encounter complex and dispositive legal frameworks that govern not only substantive rights, but also procedural rules that dictate who may assert such...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

An EU Approach to Class Action Litigation

• A U.S.-style class action regime looms large in the European Union. • The current draft legislation imports certain hallmarks of the system celebrated by U.S. plaintiffs’ lawyers, but there is uncertainty over what...more

Hogan Lovells

A proposed EU-wide representative action may blur legal boundaries around collective actions

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The European Commission is proposing a directive that would repeal the existing Injunctions Directive and require European Union (EU) member states to introduce into their national laws representative actions for the...more

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Patent law in Europe: What pharmaceutical companies need to know

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Increasing competition within Europe’s pharmaceutical space makes knowing the market and understanding available patent protections more critical than ever for both well established and new market players. Andreas von Falck...more

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Web Exclusive: March 2018: The Top 13 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first three months...more

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The Impending Launch of the Unified Patent Court

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In a fundamental change to how European patents are going to be litigated in Europe, the United Patent Court (UPC) will soon have exclusive jurisdiction over European patent disputes and will be able to issue remedies that...more

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European “Intermediaries” May Be Forced To Take Active Measures Against Trademark Infringement Committed By Third Parties

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Recent cases in the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (“the English Court of Appeal”) have addressed the question of whether those who provide facilities to persons...more

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EU & Competition Law Update – June 2016

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BREXIT – BUSINESS AS USUAL...AT LEAST FOR NOW - What do you need to know? Despite the UK's vote to leave the European Union ("EU"), companies doing business in the UK can still continue to trade with the EU in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Harmonization of Trade Secrets in Europe and New US Trade Secrets Law Gets the Green Light—What Do These Changes Mean for...

A harmonized trade secrets protection regime is coming to Europe and the US. Until now, there has been a fragmented approach to trade secrets across Europe, with some countries having specific trade secrets legislation and...more

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French Data Protection Wants to Force Google to Extend the Right To Be Delisted to All the Search Engine’s Extensions

On March 10, 2016, the French data protection agency (« CNIL ») pronounced a €100.000 ($111,715) fine against Google Inc. for failure to comply with its formal injunction of May, 2015 ordering the company to extend delisting...more

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International Arbitration Newsletter (Oct 2015)

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Anti-Suit Awards Are Compatible With the Original Brussels I Regulation. (Gazprom OAO v Republic of Lithuania, Case C-536/13, Judgment dated 13 May 2015) The European Court of Justice decision in Gazprom v....more

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European Competition Law Newsletter – September 2015

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A self-described “small business” recently succeeded in obtaining an interim injunction (restraining an alleged abuse of dominance) in a UK court against the giant telecom provider Telefónica (trading in the UK under the name...more

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The European Union’s Highest Court Rules on Standard-Essential Patents, Injunctions and Abuse of Dominance

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The long-awaited ruling on the seeking of injunctions in the context of standard-essential patents encumbered by fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms has been delivered by the Court of Justice of the...more

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