The Luxembourg Government has, on 4 August 2017, submitted a bill1 to Parliament for the reintroduction of a regime of taxation of intellectual property (IP) rights in Luxembourg.
The new regime is intended to replace the...more
By a decision held on 25 January 2017 (C-375/15), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified the question of information (in electronic format) that payment service providers (such as banks) convey to their...more
The challenge and risks -
The topic of cybersecurity is seldom out of the press these days, occupying the minds of business leaders and politicians alike. From a business perspective, the ideal outcome would be to...more
On 18 December 2015, the agreed text of the Network and Information Security Directive (the NIS Directive) was released. With cybersecurity firmly established as a key business risk, the introduction of specific laws in this...more
After over three years of discussions at many levels, it is now clear that the proposed EU data protection framework will be revised, and that it will be in the form of a Regulation – the General Data Protection Regulation....more
Huge uncertainty has been caused by the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 6 October that the Safe Harbor decision by the European Commission is invalid. Many companies which previously...more
After the controversial Google Spain decision (which besides the right to be forgotten also dealt with applicable law rules), the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down another important – and yet again rather...more
10/16/2015
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Hungary ,
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Ireland ,
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Online Advertisements ,
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Right to Be Forgotten ,
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Schrems I & Schrems II ,
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Websites
After the controversial Google vs. Spain decision (which besides the right to be forgotten also dealt with applicable law rules), the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down another important – and yet again rather...more
10/14/2015
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Young Lawyers
To become law, the proposed text will need to be adopted jointly by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers (i.e. ‘ordinary legislative procedure’). In March 2014, the European Parliament voted in plenary and...more
On 18 March 2015, the Luxembourg Parliament approved the legislation ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement, the international treaty which establishes the Unified Patent Court. This ratification constitutes another...more