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The 2024 Summer Olympic Games began Friday, July 26. To celebrate this international event, Littler offices around the globe will share key changes in labor and employment laws that have transpired since the last time their...more
Spain creates Europe's first AI supervisory agency and actively participates in EU AI Act negotiations. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) Currently, there are no specific laws, statutory...more
On 24 April 2024, the EU adopted a new directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1226 of the European Parliament and of the Council) which establishes EU-wide rules for defining criminal offences and penalties related to the violation...more
Introduction - We have compiled the main differences between the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing...more
Hosted by C5 Group, the 5th Annual European Forum on Global FDI Reviews returns for another exciting year with curated programming that provide sessions on the most pressing issues coming across your desk and strategic...more
How would the Spanish court tackle the issues faced by the English Court of Appeal in Adler? Our analysis provides an instructive comparison for groups, shareholders, and creditors when considering where to restructure....more
On October 4, 2023, United States Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new Department of Justice (DOJ) Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor policy that encourages companies to self-disclose criminal misconduct...more
Chief negotiators from Mercosur and the European Union (EU) met in Brasilia, Brazil earlier this month to resume attempts to conclude an inter-regional free trade agreement (FTA) after new proposals from both sides tabled...more
By now, many of us are using AI, advising others about how to use AI, and waiting for some legislative miracle to give us some guardrails for what we can or cannot be doing with AI. A lot of effort has been put into tracking...more
The ongoing decline in NPL volumes in 2022 and pivot towards smaller disposals leave European lenders well positioned to withstand adverse economic conditions. Lenders are enjoying the fruits of their labours. Having...more
In Short - The Development: The Spanish government adopted a new foreign direct investment ("FDI") implementing regulation ("Regulation") that clarifies key concepts of the existing law, such as investment, investors, and...more
Trucks, trucks, trucks – unless you’ve been living under a rock in the antitrust world, you’ve probably heard about, or even worked on, one of the many follow-on litigation claims related to the Commission’s 2016 cartel...more
Some readers will be familiar with the many claims made against Spain for the alleged violation of its obligations to foreign investors under the Energy Charter Treaty (the ECT). In May 2023, the English Commercial Court...more
The past six months have seen difficult economic times in much of Europe, with governments and central banks seeking to respond to both the increases in costs of living and the need to curb inflation. Notwithstanding the...more
The Spanish Data Protection Authority has opened a public consultation process to obtain comments for an incoming decision establishing the rules for commercial communications via telephone. This decision will be binding upon...more
On 23 March 2023 the new Spanish Medical Devices Regulation (Spanish MDR) came into force. After a lengthy wait, the medical devices industry (and any other interested sector) finally has access to the final text and knows...more
Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more
On February 17, 2023, the European Commission granted approval for the Spanish and German governments to subsidize the construction of two renewable hydrogen-powered steel production facilities for Europe’s largest...more
La Ley de Servicios Digitales de la Unión Europea es un reglamento europeo (aprobado hace pocos meses) que regula el ecosistema de las plataformas de intermediación de internet. Será de aplicación de manera escalonada en el...more
En el plano laboral, la Ley de Startups adopta una serie de medidas migratorias que facilitan la entrada y residencia de los teletrabajadores de carácter internacional, destacándose la creación de un nuevo tipo de visado....more
On the employment sector, the Start-ups Law adopts a series of migratory measures that facilitate the entry and residence of international teleworkers, including the creation of a new type of visa....more
Market conditions have remained challenging through the past year. The post-pandemic recovery globally saw a significant setback as a result of the war in Ukraine, which exacerbated the pre-existing market issues and led to...more
Three of the four stories we feature in this week’s Update detail recent or ongoing examinations by competition regulators of the trade practices of several online travel platforms. Relatedly, we also include again a link to...more
The much anticipated High Court of Australia (High Court) appeal of the full Federal Court of Australia's decision in Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.à.r.l. (No 3) [2021] FCAFC 3 will now be heard in...more
This Client Alert examines the key issues that typically arise in connection with debt repurchase programs. It also looks at issues applicable to both bond and loan repurchases, as well as jurisdictional issues raised by the...more