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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 -

DAMITT Q1 2024: Merger Enforcement Begins 2024 with a Bang

Dechert LLP on 4/29/2024

The U.S. agencies announced the conclusion of six significant merger investigations in Q1 2024, double the number seen last quarter. This marks the end of six quarters of three or fewer significant investigations. In line...more

DSA: New European Digital Services Act for Online User Protection

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 3/15/2024

The EU’s DSA, which regulates online intermediaries and platforms in digital space, came into effect in February 2024. The purpose of the DSA is to make the online environment safer, fairer, and more transparent by imposing...more

Data Breach Enforcement Is a Global Risk

BakerHostetler on 6/24/2021

The 2021 edition of BakerHostetler’s annual Data Security Incident Response Report highlights some regulatory enforcement trends we saw from the European Union (EU) data protection authorities (DPAs) during the past year. EU...more

State of the Markets – Speech by Mark Steward

WilmerHale on 3/12/2020

On 6 February 2020, Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), spoke at the 19th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe. His speech,...more

High GDPR Fines: German Data Protection Authority Joins the Club

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/28/2019

Following in the footsteps of the CNIL and the ICO, the Berlin DPA will impose a multimillion-euro fine for breach of the GDPR. The Berlin Data Protection Authority (Berlin DPA) recently announced that it will issue a...more

FTC Steps up Enforcement Against False Claims of Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Other International Privacy...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/1/2019

Nearly three years ago, the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks replaced the U.S.-EU and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor programs as a self-certification mechanism to transfer personal data from the European Union and...more

A Compilation of Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/31/2015

Non-Enforcement - Form PF — What Purpose? SEC registered investment advisers with at least $150 million of assets under management in private funds are required to periodically file Form PF with the SEC. The...more

This Week In Securities Litigation

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/8/2015

The debate over waivers WKSI waivers and other similar provisions continued this week. The Commission granted a WKSI waiver to Deutsche Bank despite a guilty plea to criminal felony charges but only over the dissent of...more

Antitrust Enforcers Discuss Recent Highlights, Ongoing Cases, Enforcement Priorities and General Trends at the 2015 ABA Section of...

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/30/2015

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting concluded earlier this month with the traditional “Enforcers’ Roundtable,” an interview with leading competition authorities about recent highlights,...more