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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 -

Goodwin Antitrust & Regulatory Shorts: Three Laws, One challenge; Complying With the DSA, AI Act, and GDPR

Goodwin on 7/23/2025

The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) are key components of the EU’s constantly evolving, digital regulatory landscape. Once forming policy proposals, both regulations have now evolved...more

It’s Official: The EU Platform Work Directive Is Here

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/3/2025

The European Union’s (EU) Platform Work Directive went into effect on December 1, 2024, imposing significant new requirements on companies that facilitate work in the gig economy....more

Platform workers: towards a European agreement on the employment presumption

White & Case LLP on 4/10/2024

On March 11, 2024, an agreement around a draft directive to strengthen the protection of digital platform workers in Europe was approved by twenty-five Member States. For the time being, France and Germany are opposed to the...more

Digital Platforms, Beware of the Evolving EU Platform Work Directive

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/22/2024

After more than two years of legislative highs and lows for the European Union’s proposed Platform Work Directive, the EU may be inching closer to adopting regulations on the classification of platform workers, such as...more

5 Things You Need to Know About NIS 2

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/8/2022

On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament approved the Network and Information Security 2 Directive ("NIS 2"), moving a step closer to expanding the scope of the Network and Information Security ("NIS") Directive, the EU's...more

Platform workers: The European Commission proposes a presumption of employment

White & Case LLP on 2/16/2022

On 9 December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a directive aimed at harmonizing the legal status of platform workers in the European Union, in particular by establishing a presumption of salaried status....more

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