Life with GDPR - Changes to UK Data Protection Regime
Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch
NGE On Demand: Trademark Updates Post Brexit with Andrea Fuelleman
Nota Bene Episode 115: European Q1 Check In: Brexit, Digital Markets Act, and the New Europe with Oliver Heinisch
Brexit & Financial Services: Preparing for the End of the Transition Period
Nota Bene Episode 104: European Q4 Check In: Brexit, Digital Platform Regulation, and National Security Regulation with Oliver Heinisch
Cross-Border Data Transfers and the EU-US Data Privacy Tug of War
Brexit: Navigating a New Relationship
Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
Challenges for Infrastructure Projects in the Current Environment
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - BREXIT: Its Effect on UK Copyrights and What You Need to Know in the Transition
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - BREXIT: Its Effect on European Union Trademark Portfolios and What You Need to Know in the Transition
Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 81: European Check In: How the EU is Dealing with the Pandemic’s Economic Fallout with Oliver Heinisch
Compliance Perspectives: Compliance, GDPR and Brexit
Nota Bene Episode 55: Updates on the European Commission and Brexit with Isabelle Rahman and Oliver Heinisch
Life With GDPR: Episode 35- What does Brexit Mean for GDPR?
Compliance into the Weeds: Episode 116-Brexit Risks
Nota Bene Episode 26: Unpacking the Latest News on the Brexit Negotiations with Oliver Heinisch
The UK has left the EU but there remains a vast array of operational and legal issues for businesses to address. See below for our perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities that Brexit presents for different...more
This Alert gives a high level overview of the new trading relationship between the European Union (‘EU’) and the United Kingdom (‘UK’) for goods and service supply. The EU and the UK reached provisional agreement on a...more
In Short The Situation: As of the close of the Brexit transition period ending on December 31, 2020 ("Withdrawal Date"), UK banks, UK investment firms, and UK electronic money institutions ("UK Financial Institutions") can...more
The European Union (EU)-U.K. Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) governing post-Brexit trade relations between the U.K. and the EU includes provisions regulating EU/U.K. antitrust enforcement and cooperation effective...more
For the duration of the Brexit transition period, the UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement provided for EU law to continue to apply to the UK. The transition period concluded on 31 December 2020 and, as widely anticipated, the UK and...more
In spite of the holiday period, few will have missed the fact that the UK and the EU concluded a Trade and Cooperation Agreement on 24 December 2020. The Agreement provides a framework under which trade will take place...more
As the end of December 2020 approaches, IP owners preparing for the end of the transition period need to be aware of the changes being made to the exhaustion of IP rights regime, to: (i) avoid being caught off guard and...more
European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - The European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1447) have been published, together with...more
Whilst Brexit formally happened when the UK left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020 (exit day), it has been treated as a Member State under Union law during the transition period established by the EU-UK Withdrawal...more
Tell me more – ICO publishes detailed subject access guidance - The ICO has published detailed guidance for handling subject access requests. This is relevant to employers responding to subject access requests from...more
After three years of dominating the news (in the UK at least), Brexit has been extremely quiet for much of the year. This is hardly a surprise given that we have been in the thick of a global pandemic that has changed so much...more
December 31, 2020, is the last day of the Brexit transition period under the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland From the European Union and the European Atomic Energy...more
The Government's proposed Internal Market Bill has prompted much debate regarding the UK's approach to international law, as well as the internal constitutional architecture of the UK. The EU has raised the prospect of a...more
Over four months into the formal bilateral negotiations between the EU and the UK to reach agreement on their future relationship, is there land ahoy? What are the realistic chances of a deal by the end of this year?...more
The United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020. Since then, under the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, a transition period has been in force, in principle until 1 January 2021. During this period most EU...more
Historically the UK has always been a popular country to litigate. Contract dispute clauses quite often refer to English law as the applicable law and the London courts as the go-to forum. ...more
The UK's departure from the EU on 31 January has initiated an 11 month transition period, during which the application of EU competition law in the UK will remain largely unchanged. Thus the EU rules governing mergers will...more
Data centre operators in Europe could benefit from Brexit and have already been preparing for years for precisely this scenario, including by expanding such data centre capacities in Continental Europe....more
The United Kingdom (UK) finally left the EU on 31 January 2020. The withdrawal agreement provides for the UK to continue to be treated largely as an EU member state until the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020,...more
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 at 11:00 p.m. UK time. This legal update summarises the application of EU law in the UK after Brexit, with particular reference to the Securitisation Regulation....more
Getting Brexit Done...? On 31 January 2020 at 11pm local time, the UK formally left the EU under the terms of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement. So, what has changed? On a political and historical level, the change is...more
As the United Kingdom (UK) rapidly approaches a potential exit (BREXIT) from the European Union (EU), confusion abounds as to the applicability of the revolutionary data privacy rules of the EU’s General Data Protection...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union has published a press release on the consequences for it of the U.K.'s withdrawal from the EU on January 31, 2020. The announcement confirms that U.K. judges will no longer serve the...more
Our February 2020 update outlines key UK employment law developments from January. It includes cases on ethical veganism as a philosophical belief, equal pay and the difficulties in defending such claims, the impact of the...more