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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published two final reports providing technical advice to the European Commission (EC). The final report on prospectus regulation forms part of ESMA's technical advice...more
The Directive expands the scope of liability to digital products (including AI systems), fulfilment service providers, and online platforms, while reducing the burden of proof for claimants. On 9 December 2024, the new...more
The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or Directive) entered into force on July 25, 2024, establishing a framework for companies to address risks and adverse impacts on human rights and...more
With calm being restored after the frenzied effort in the EU to pass the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), it may be time to evaluate the extent to which the law as adopted has met its original...more
The laws that govern the metaverse are grounded in those of Planet Earth. Private civil laws relating to contract, tort, IP and data privacy all bite, as do criminal and regulatory laws. Where the difference lies is in their...more
In March 2021, the European Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority for the adoption of a binding EU law that requires businesses to conduct environmental and human rights due diligence along their full value chain or...more
After years of use in manufactured products, “PFAS”, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are common in the environment. Comparatively little is known about most of them, but evidence of the harm that they can do is...more
At the end of the legislative period, important decisions on central compliance legislative proposals of the German Federal Government were made: On June 11, 2021, the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) adopted the...more
Zum Ende der Legislaturperiode sind wichtige Entscheidungen zu zentralen Compliance-Gesetzgebungsvorhaben der Bundesregierung getroffen worden: Der Bundestag hat am 11. Juni 2021 das „Gesetz über unternehmerische...more
The CJEU’s decision is likely to have significant implications for ongoing and future proceedings for damages claims under Art. 82 GDPR. On April 15, 2021, the Austrian Supreme Court (OGH) referred key questions...more
McDermott is committed to provide insightful legal developments around the world to our Japanese clients. In light of that effort, Japan Webinar Series will be held between Thursday, May 20 – Thursday, June 3, 2021. This...more
In a recent vote, the EU Parliament backed a legislative initiative paving the way for a new EU directive on Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability. As part of this initiative, lawmakers called for the urgent...more
On 20 October 2020, the European Parliament put forward detailed legislative proposals on a civil liability regime for artificial intelligence. The European Commission will consider the proposals and reports submitted by the...more
In May 2020, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs took the initiative and published a draft report with recommendations to the Commission on a civil liability regime for artificial intelligence (AI) (the Draft...more
Pandemic-Related Uncertainty Means Business Decisions Will Be Highly Scrutinized - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to develop, guiding a business through this time of immense crisis means making decisions that gravely...more
Why does this topic matter to organisations? Whereas the remedies and sanctions available to DPAs under the Directive were comparatively low (generally subject to a maximum of less than €1 million per infringement, with...more
At the end of July, the German Federal Court handed down its judgment in a copyright case having huge impact for operators of open Wifi services. For the first time, the judges had to deal with Sec. 7 (4) and Sec. 8 (1) s. 2...more
More than 15 years after the adoption of the Data Protection Directive, the European Commission noticed that the current legislative framework on data protection did not adequately deal with the risks associated with online...more
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is driving tremendous changes in the European Union (EU), and companies that haven’t implemented their data protection requirements could face serious consequences regarding civil...more
Surprisingly, the distinction between negligence and gross negligence in English contract and trust law is unclear. On one view, reflected in the older cases, there is little or no difference at all....more