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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 -

Europe/Germany: Right to Bring Collective Action for Violations of Information Obligations Under GDPR

DLA Piper on 8/30/2024

Summary - In its judgement of 11 July 2024 (C-757/22), the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) ruled that the violation of a controller’s information obligations under Art. 12 and 13 GDPR, can be subject to a representative...more

Urheberrechtsreform 2021 Teil 2: Das Urheberrechts-Diensteanbieter-Gesetz (UrhDaG)

Spirit Legal on 5/12/2022

Nach dem Bundestag hat am 28.05.2021 nunmehr auch der Bundesrat den Gesetzesentwurf zur Anpassung des Urheberrechts an die Erfordernisse des digitalen Binnenmarktes mit der erforderlichen Mehrheit verabschiedet. Die...more

CJEU: Website operators are "jointly responsible" for embedding social media or 3rd party code

Spirit Legal on 10/14/2020

Website and app operators are jointly liable with Facebook for violations of European data protection law - In its judgment of 29 July 2019 (ref.C-40/17), the European Court of Justice has ruled on two essential points...more

Germany's Highest Antitrust Court Published the Detailed Written Statement of Reasons of its Facebook-Decision -- With...

K&L Gates LLP on 9/10/2020

On 23 June 2020 the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) orally announced its decision in the interim proceedings initiated by Facebook against the prohibition and cessation orders of the German Federal...more

German court rules Facebook illegally harvested data

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 7/30/2020

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 14 (July 23, 2020) - Germany’s top court reversed a decision by an appeals court, stating that there is no doubt that Facebook enjoys a dominant position in the market and also no...more

Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/23/2020

There is a lot currently happening in the European Union. From the latest European Court opinions with respect to merger clearance, dominance violations, data protection and state aid to Brexit, we’re checking in with our...more

Financial Daily Dose 2.12.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech Antitrust Update

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/12/2020

Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more

Financial Daily Dose 1.17.2020 | Top Story: Senate Passes USMCA by Wide Margin to Update NAFTA

Robins Kaplan LLP on 1/17/2020

While there’s plenty of other business afoot in D.C. these days, it also happens to have been a pretty big week for trade deals. A day after Phase One with China was inked, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a revised...more

Like Incorporating Facebook into your Website? EU Decision Raises New Issues

Brooks Pierce on 8/25/2019

A ruling by the highest court in the European Union regarding the common practice of putting a Facebook “Like” button on a website could have repercussions for American companies doing business overseas. In late July, the...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/7/2019

Regional lenders BB&T and SunTrust have announced plans to “unite in an all-stock deal” that would value the combined bank at $66 billion. The new lender would be the sixth-largest in the US, and, if allowed, would be created...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/15/2018

Early reports suggested that although Teresa May’s cabinet wasn’t thrilled, it backed the PM’s Brexit plan, leaving the controversial deal to make its way to Parliament. But the resignation of two Cabinet members—including...more

Use a Third-Party Platform? You Might Be a “Data Controller”

Perkins Coie on 6/12/2018

The European Union’s top court ruled last week that the operator of a Facebook fan page is a “joint controller,” along with Facebook, with respect to personal data collected on such pages. The decision has implications for...more

The Digital Download - Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter - October 2017

Alston & Bird on 10/4/2017

An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute. Expanding on his recent article for Bloomberg BNA, Alston & Bird associate Dan Felz offers a multipart primer on Germany’s new GDPR implementation statute....more

"Big Data an Ongoing Concern for EU Competition Law"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/1/2017

The question of how "big data" should be treated in merger control and antitrust enforcement was a key issue for the European Commission and national regulators in European Union member states in 2016, with competition...more

Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter - January 2017

Hogan Lovells on 1/18/2017

Welcome to the Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter. In this monthly publication we provide an overview of the most recent payments, regulatory and market developments from major jurisdictions around the world as well as...more

EU-US Data Transfers?: An update on actions taken by European DPAs

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 6/20/2016

After the European Court of Justice invalidated Safe Harbor on October 6, ?2015, the Article 29 Working Party announced in an October 16, 2015 statement that US companies that were Safe Harbor certified had until the end of...more

EU & Competition Law Update - March 2016

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner on 3/10/2016

Welcome to March's edition of our EU & Competition Law Bulletin covering recent legal developments impacting upon you and your business: - ..United Kindgdom: Large pay for delay fine imposed by CMA. ..Germany and...more

Facebook Accused on an Abuse of Dominance by German Competition Regulator

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner on 3/9/2016

On the 2nd March 2016, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) initiated proceedings against Facebook’s European and German entities, accusing the company of abusing its market power. The case follows a logical progression of...more

EU Round-UP: Safe Harbor 2.0 and Upcoming National Challenges

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 10/28/2015

EU Commissioner Vera Jourova recently announced in a speech to the EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) that the Commission and the US have made substantial progress in finalizing a...more

No Safe Harbour? Immediate Implications for Employers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/19/2015

A landmark decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that companies may no longer rely on “Safe Harbour” to justify transferring personal data from the European Union to the US, because the US Government has a...more

Means, Other Than Safe Harbor, of Transferring Personal Data to the U.S. Potentially Vitiated?

McGuireWoods LLP on 10/16/2015

After the decision of October 6, 2015, of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidating the decision from the EU Commission (Decision 2000/520) on the Safe Harbor, transfer of personal data to the U.S. based on Standard...more

Transfer of Employees’ Personal Data from Germany to the United States under German Data Privacy Law

K&L Gates LLP on 10/12/2015

Following the ECJ’s decision in the “Schrems” case which has invalidated the Safe Harbor framework multinational corporations may now face profound privacy law related compliance issues in a multitude of jurisdictions. In the...more

Court Invalidates US-EU Data Transfer Safe Harbor Program

Goodwin on 10/8/2015

The European Union’s highest court has, effective immediately, invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor program relied upon by many companies as the basis for lawfully transferring and processing personal information from the EU to...more

In the E.U., Where to Bring Suit When the Subject is Data and the Defendant is a U.S. Company? Hint: It’s About More Than Just...

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity on 7/13/2015

When are U.S. social media companies subject to European data privacy laws? As we reported in 2013, the answer is often contingent on geographic location – where the relevant data is processed. In 2013, for example, a German...more

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