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Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 112: How Europe is Filling Enforcement Gaps for Digital Gatekeepers with Robert Klotz and Ciara Barbu-O’Connor
Nota Bene Episode 106: The Corporate Investor Movement Toward Environmental, Social, and Governmental Policies with Allison Troianos and Ariel Yehezkel
Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
What's Next after the Schrems II Decision of ECJ
Compliance Perspectives: The End of the Privacy Shield
Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver Heinisch
Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Nota Bene Episode 65: European Check In: Environmental Protection, Privacy Regulations, Digital Market Definition, and Brexit with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 55: Updates on the European Commission and Brexit with Isabelle Rahman and Oliver Heinisch
Jones Day Talks: EU's New Foreign Direct Investment Regulations Eye Specific Sectors
The ESAs urge the European Commission to consider a labelling rather than a disclosure regime to help consumers understand the sustainability goals of financial products....more
Antitrust and Competition - The European Court of Justice Held Rules Set by Sports Governing Bodies Must Comply With EU Competition Law - On 21 December 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held in a preliminary ruling...more
This briefing links up some commonalities between the EU and US in terms of the AI march to regulatory change. Our global regulatory specialists have put their heads together for this update on EU, New York City (NYC) and...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) laid out its priorities for insurance supervision this year in a 10 January 2023 Priorities Letter. In this newsletter, we summarise the broad themes emerging from the Priorities...more
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so too does Russia’s isolation from the West. Member nations of the Group of Seven (G7)—the United States (U.S.), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom...more
Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires du mois de septembre 2022. Ces Actualités législatives et...more
New High Court case considers nature and scope of the Quincecare duty - In June, the Court of Appeal expanded the scope of a bank’s duty of care to protect its customers from fraud to encompass instructions by those other...more
Yesterday (28 April 2022), HM Treasury published its much-anticipated consultation paper on its proposals to reform aspects of the UK’s Solvency II regime. At the same time, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)...more
The recent proposal for the revision of the Solvency II regime adopted by the European Commission anticipates interesting topics that will generate much debate in the future as they will define a new regulatory framework to...more
As recently confirmed, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), becomes effective on 10 March 2021. The SFDR imposes sustainability-related disclosure requirements on financial services institutions such as...more
It is yet unclear if and when the House of Commons will again decide about the Withdrawal Agreement and whether the date for the UK leaving the EU will be changed. Under the current circumstances, a hard Brexit on 29 March...more
On January 17, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (“EIOPA“) published a call for evidence on the integration of sustainability risks and factors in the prudential assessment of assets and liabilities...more
Allen & Overy publish weekly updates on key regulatory topics affecting the financial services sector. BREXIT - Please see the product sections for updates on the various draft SIs published this week in anticipation of...more
BREXIT - FCA speech and new webpage on approach to Brexit - On 19 July, the FCA published a speech given by Nausicaa Delfas, FCA Executive Director of International, on the FCA's approach to Brexit. ...more
1 January - The Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products ("PRIIPs") Regulation (1286/2014) (the "PRIIPs Regulation") came into force on 1 January 2018. This includes an obligation on PRIIP manufacturers to...more
The European Union (the ”EU”) packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) Regulation (the ”PRIIPs Regulation”) is applicable throughout the EU from 1 January 2018. ...more
BREXIT - EBA relocation to Paris - On 21 November, the Council of the EU published a press release announcing that the ministers of EU member states other than the UK have selected Paris as the new location of the EBA....more
In early July, the European Commission's Competition Unit confirmed that it had carried out unannounced inspections (often referred to as "dawn raids") at the headquarters of several Irish auto insurers and brokers. The EC...more
On June 8, 2017, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation amending the Solvency II Delegated Regulation ((EU) 2015/35) concerning the calculation of regulatory capital requirements for certain categories of...more
The FCA and PRA announced changes to enforcement process with the aim of strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of enforcement decision-making processes. Some of the changes have already come into force, the rest...more
On December 13, the European Commission announced that it would not be renewing the "Block Exemption" from the European competition laws that insurers have enjoyed since 1992. The Exemption, which is similar in some respects...more
On December 13, 2016, the European Commission announced in a press release that Regulation 267/2010, the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (“IBER“), will not be prevented from expiring on March 31, 2017. The IBER entered...more
On November 11, 2016, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Regulation laying down information for the calculation of technical provisions and basic own funds for reporting with reference dates from September 30...more
Financial Industry Developments - Agencies Issue Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Enhanced Cyber Risk Management Standards - On October 19, 2016, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance...more
Insurance Europe (IE) has published its response to EIOPA’s “Consultation Paper on Technical Advice on possible Delegated Acts concerning the Insurance Distribution Directive” (IDD). IE argues that, in “a number of...more