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The European Parliament has reached agreement on new legislation to require certain providers of online services to comply with new obligations in order to ensure online safety and to prevent the spread of...more
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The co-legislators of the EU have provisionally agreed on new rules to limit the market power of big technology platforms.
The provisionally agreed-upon text1 of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) establishes...more
In anticipation of the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU on December 31 (‘Brexit’), the Competition and Markets Authority (the ‘CMA’) published its guidance on the expected changes to U.K. competition law regime. The guidance...more
- EC extends the Temporary State Aid Framework to allow member states to provide recapitalizations to companies adversely affected by the COVID-19 crisis, including airlines, retailers and firms active in hospitality, leisure...more
- Extension of the existing State aid scheme would enable support for research, testing and production of products to tackle COVID-19.
- It would also allow tax payment deferrals and wage subsidies to help avoid...more
4/3/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Germany ,
Liquidity ,
Member State ,
State Aid ,
Subsidies ,
Tax Deferral ,
UK
On February 19, 2020, the European Commission (Commission) published proposals for the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with potentially far-reaching implications both for users and developers worldwide. The...more
3/11/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Research and Development ,
Technology Sector ,
White Papers
In this episode, Akin Gump international competition and trade partner Davina Garrod and corporate partner Gavin Weir discuss M&A in the U.K., EU, U.S., China and more, its state of health and where it might go in 2020....more
2/28/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
Foreign Investment ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
US Trade Policies
On 9 July 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg heard a case brought by privacy-rights activist Max Schrems (C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximilliam...more
A year ago, on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. With its extraterritorial scope and detailed requirements, the GDPR aimed to change the approach to personal data...more
5/31/2019
/ Consent ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Telemarketing
• The new EU FDI Regulation provides a framework for screening foreign direct investments and will enter into force in mid-April. While China, Russia and other currently high-profile “foreign” countries are not expressly...more
Monday, December 10 – Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling on whether the United Kingdom can unilaterally revoke Article 50 (08:00 GMT); House of Commons debate on Brexit deal continues from around 15:30/16:30...more
• On December 4, 2018, CJEU AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona opined that the U.K. could unilaterally revoke its Article 50 withdrawal notification, provided that the revocation has been decided upon in accordance with the Member...more
In our July 2017 update in AG Speaking Energy, we highlighted that the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) concluded in its market study that destination clauses, diversion clauses, profit-sharing clauses and take-or-pay...more
8/2/2018
/ Anti-Monopoly ,
Buyers ,
Destination Restriction Clauses ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Export Controls ,
Imports ,
Investigations ,
Japan ,
Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Profit Sharing ,
Qatar ,
Resales Agreements ,
Sellers ,
Supply Agreements ,
Take-or-Pay Contracts
• JFTC‘s recent market study on clauses in LNG SPAs indicate that agreements may run afoul of Japanese antimonopoly laws.
• EU cases may provide guidance on application of competition law to destination clauses, diversion...more
7/3/2018
/ Anti-Monopoly ,
Buyers ,
Contract Terms ,
Destination Restriction Clauses ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Export Controls ,
Imports ,
Investigations ,
Japan ,
Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Profit Sharing ,
Qatar ,
Sellers ,
Supply Agreements ,
Take-or-Pay Contracts
At 11:00 p.m. U.K. time on 29 March 2019 the United Kingdom is expected to leave the European Union (“BREXIT Day”). The below timeline sets out milestones in the lead up to BREXIT Day, and thereafter. Please note that there...more
• The European Commission has released a set of documents, including a proposal for an ‘FDI Regulation,’ which sets out an EU framework for screening foreign direct investments.
• This proposal would grant the European...more
In 1957, the six EU founding members–Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg—agreed to settle their conflicts around a table rather than on the battlefields. We are now days away from the 60th...more
Earlier today, the High Court of Justice ruled that the U.K. government does not have the constitutional capacity to trigger the U.K.'s withdrawal from the European Union without further primary legislation being passed. This...more
In the aftermath of Brexit, the United Kingdom is faced with the challenge of negotiating a relationship with the European Union that balances Single Market access with national control over the movement of goods and workers....more
In the aftermath of Brexit, the United Kingdom is faced with the challenge of negotiating a relationship with the European Union that balances Single Market access with national control over the movement of goods and workers....more
In the aftermath of Brexit, the United Kingdom is faced with the challenge of negotiating a relationship with the EU that balances Single Market access with national control over the movement of goods and workers. This...more
In the aftermath of Brexit, the United Kingdom is faced with the challenge of negotiating a relationship with the European Union that balances Single Market access with national control over the movement of goods and workers....more
The UK vote to Brexit has material economic, financial, commercial, political, legal and social implications. Once the UK government has formally notified the European Council of its citizens’ decision to leave the EU, the UK...more
The UK vote to Brexit has material economic, financial, commercial, political, legal and social implications. Once the UK government has formally notified the European Council of its citizens’ decision to leave the EU, the UK...more
Wednesday, February 3, brought additional developments pertaining to the transfer of personal data from the EU to the U.S. consistent with EU privacy law. Just one day prior, we reported on the announcement by the EU and U.S....more