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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

Directive on Cross-Border Law Enforcement Access to Bank Account Registries Published in Official Journal of the European Union

A&O Shearman on 7/3/2024

Directive (EU) 2024/1654 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, amending Directive (EU) 2019/1153 regarding access by competent authorities to centralized bank account registries through the...more

New licensing requirements for cross-border lending into Europe

A&O Shearman on 6/25/2024

New EU legislative requirements will reshape how non-EU (including European Economic Area) banks service EU clients on a cross-border basis. In this note we summarise the new regime, its implications for firms providing...more

Geplante Digitalisierung Des Gesellschaftsrechts: Die Eu-gesellschaftsbescheinigung

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/13/2024

Im grenzüberschreitenden Rechtsverkehr stoßen Akteure oft auf das Problem, dass nationale Handelsregisterdaten schwer vergleichbar sind. Das Fehlen verlässlicher Registerinformationen in einigen Mitgliedstaaten führt zudem zu...more

The European Court of Justice Clarifies the Scope of Legal Professional Privilege Under EU Law

WilmerHale on 1/10/2023

On December 8, 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the European Union’s highest court, delivered a landmark ruling in Orde van Vlaamse Balies a.o. (the Judgment) clarifying that legal professional privilege (LPP) is...more

EU Commission proposes to strengthen criminal law to protect the environment

White & Case LLP on 1/11/2022

On 15 December 2021, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU Directive1 aimed at tightening compliance with EU environmental laws through the introduction of new criminal offences, increased sanctions and...more

Offshore Roundup

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/23/2020

Two Birds, One Stone: Addressing COO and DAC6 Risks in Tandem - UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) and the EU Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC6) compliance matters are likely to come under increased scrutiny...more

"Class Actions" in Europe: Steps Toward a Harmonized Litigation Framework

Jones Day on 7/30/2020

The Situation: Negotiators for the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (the "Council") have reached an agreement on new European rules on collective consumer action. The Council has thus published a...more

DAC 6 Deadline Nears: What Does the Mandatory Disclosure Regime Mean for Taxpayers and Advisers?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/16/2019

The 31 December deadline for EU Member States to adopt implementing legislation for DAC 6 is fast approaching. Intermediaries and taxpayers must be ready for compliance. By the end of 2019, each Member State of the...more

DSM Watch: new rules for online transmissions of TV and radio programmes

Hogan Lovells on 4/23/2019

On 15 April the Agriculture and Fisheries Council formally adopted the Directive on online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of TV and radio programmes (the “Directive”), following the European...more

A proposed EU-wide representative action may blur legal boundaries around collective actions

Hogan Lovells on 6/19/2018

The European Commission is proposing a directive that would repeal the existing Injunctions Directive and require European Union (EU) member states to introduce into their national laws representative actions for the...more

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