On May 29, 2018, the German Regional Court of Bonn ruled on the principle of data minimization under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), which requires companies to limit the processing of personal data to what is necessary in...more
On April 23, 2018, the European Commission issued a proposal for an EU Directive on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of EU law (the “Directive”). The Directive is designed to shield persons who report breaches...more
On April 19, 2018, the statutorily-appointed independent EU advisory body known as the Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) published a Position Paper on the derogations from the obligation to maintain records of processing...more
On February 12, 2018, the statutorily-appointed independent EU advisory body known as the Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) published revised Guidelines on personal data breach notification under the General Data Protection...more
On May 5, 2017 the European Union legislator published Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices - the EU-Medical Devices Regulations (MDRs) in the...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) held that the restrictions on promoting foodstuffs with nutrition and health claims not only apply to communications addressed to the general public but also to communications...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) will soon decide on the issue of whether plant-based products may be labeled and promoted with product names intended for dairy products such as “Veggie-Cheese,” “Tofubutter”...more
Mars saw a violation of its three-dimensional “Bounty” trademark and filed a lawsuit against the distributor of the “Wish” chocolate bar....more
Germany recently adopted new anti-corruption laws that now criminalize “taking bribes in the health care sector” and “giving bribes in the health care sector.” These new laws have implications for certain segments of the food...more