Sheppard Mullin’s EU team has created a list of major legal shifts that await General Counsel and Compliance Officers in the areas of competition, EU regulatory and trade in 2017. These challenges may have an impact on your...more
1/25/2017
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Competition ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Single Market ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
FRAND ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Innovation ,
Merger Controls ,
Popular ,
Sanctions ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
State Aid ,
Trade Agreements ,
UK Brexit
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom by a majority of 8 to 3 has today confirmed that triggering the exit procedure from the European Union requires an Act of Parliament.
As such the Supreme Court disagreed with the...more
Sheppard Mullin’s EU team has created a list of major legal shifts that await General Counsel and Compliance Officers in the areas of competition, EU regulatory and trade in 2017. These challenges may have an impact on your...more
1/19/2017
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Competition ,
Compliance ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Single Market ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
FRAND ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Merger Controls ,
Popular ,
Sanctions ,
State Aid ,
Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) Policy ,
Trade Agreements ,
UK Brexit
Invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union requires participation of the UK Parliament says Lord Chief Justices Lord Sales and Lord Thomas of the Royal Courts of Justice in London who handed down their judgment...more
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition has issued a lengthy preliminary report of its ongoing sector inquiry into the e-commerce of goods and digital content. The sector-wide inquiry was launched on May...more
The UK people have voted to leave the European Union. Although there is no constitutional duty to leave the Union as a result, politically this is likely going to happen. Change will not be immediate and happen over time....more
6/27/2016
/ Article 50 Treaty of the EU ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Competition Authorities ,
Contract Disputes ,
Digital Single Market ,
EU ,
Free Movement ,
International Litigation ,
Negotiations ,
Referendum Votes ,
Risk Assessment ,
Technical Standards ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Winds of change are blowing through Europe’s national courts, beginning with a new antitrust damages Directive requiring changes in national laws to facilitate private enforcement of competition law. This step was a major...more
10/20/2015
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Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cost-Benefit Analysis ,
Damages ,
Discovery ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
Fairness Standard ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Opt-Outs ,
Predominance Requirement ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement Offer ,
Sherman Act ,
Twombly/Iqbal Pleading Standard ,
UK ,
UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ,
UK Consumer Rights Act ,
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