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New EU Rule Requires Easy “Cancel Contract” Button for Online Sales

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 7/17/2025

A recent update to EU consumer law will require many businesses selling online to offer a simpler, more accessible way for customers to cancel contracts within the standard 14-day cooling-off period....more

ESMA advice on the review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive

Walkers on 7/16/2025

On 26 June 2025, ESMA published its keenly awaited technical advice to the Commission on the review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive 2007/16/EC (EAD). The report assesses EAD implementation across member states and...more

EU Omnibus updates – Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) “quick fix” amendments adopted by European Commission

Hogan Lovells on 7/15/2025

On 11 July 2025, the European Commission adopted a targeted “quick fix” for companies currently reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”). The “quick fix” will apply to companies that started...more

EWC Directive Revisions 2025

A&O Shearman on 7/8/2025

European Works Councils - TRILOGUE CONSENSUS MARKS TURNING POINT IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS - 1. POLITICAL BREAKTHROUGH: (ALMOST) FINAL TEXT OF THE DRAFT REVISED DIRECTIVE ON EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS - On 28 May 2025, the...more

Uneven Stop-the-Clock Provisions Throughout Europe on Sustainability Reporting

Jones Day on 6/13/2025

As discussed in a previous article, the European Union is seeking to "bring competitiveness and climate goals together," and therefore launched a reform package—the Omnibus package—regarding sustainability reporting and...more

Northern Ireland: Gender Pay Gap Reporting

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/5/2025

In February 2025, the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland closed a public consultation that began late last year on the proposed introduction of a requirement for Northern Ireland employers to report on their...more

News From Across the Pond: UK+ Regime Now Permanent

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/29/2025

In 2021, shortly after Brexit became effective, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) established the “UK+ regime” on the exhaustion of intellectual property (IP) rights with regard to the European Economic Area (EEA)....more

EU Commission Publishes The Risk Classification Under The EUDR

Jones Day on 5/28/2025

On May 22, 2025, the EU Commission adopted an implementing regulation to the EU's Deforestation Regulation ("EUDR") in which it identified the risk classification of countries as “low, standard or high risk” required under...more

ROPES & GRAY CSRD TRANSPOSITION TRACKER

Ropes & Gray LLP on 5/23/2025

Reporting obligations under the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive are created under EU member state national legislation adopted pursuant to the CSRD. We have again updated our tracker to reflect...more

Amendment to the TARGET Guideline postponed

A&O Shearman on 5/22/2025

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that the amendment to the TARGET Guideline, which would allow non-bank payment service providers (non-bank PSPs) to participate in TARGET is postponed... ...more

EU Pay Transparency Directive: Updates on Implementation Across Member States

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/21/2025

The European Union’s pay transparency directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970), adopted in June 2023, is landmark legislation aimed at addressing pay discrimination and closing the gender pay gap across the European Union. With a...more

Solvency II: Assessing the implications of the EU’s Amending Directive for the insurance sector

A&O Shearman on 5/21/2025

In January 2025, an amending directive (Directive (EU) 2025/2, “Amending Directive”) was passed that will result in some important changes to the Solvency II Directive (Directive (EU) 2009/13/EU) taking effect across EU...more

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, calls for the repeal of the CSDDD

Jones Day on 5/13/2025

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called for the repeal of the CSDDD during his inaugural visit to the European Commission on May 9, 2025. German public television quoted him as follows: “The permanent solution to...more

EU Pay Transparency Directive – Worker’s Right to Receive Information

Littler on 4/25/2025

EU countries must implement the regulations of the EU Pay Transparency Directive into local laws by June 7, 2026. The Directive introduces new obligations for employers and rights for workers. This includes workers’ right to...more

Omnibus I 'stop-the-clock' directive published in Official Journal of the EU

A&O Shearman on 4/25/2025

The Directive (EU) 2025/794, amending the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ),...more

Refresher: EU Capital Requirements Directive 6 (“CRD6”) – What Cross-Border Financial Institutions Need to Know

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 4/16/2025

Many US and other non-EU financial institutions which lend or undertake trade finance business on a cross border basis into Europe do so in reliance upon exemptions under local law. These exemptions typically permit these...more

Final Approval for Simplification – Council of the European Union Formally Approves to “Stop-the-Clock” on Sustainability...

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 4/14/2025

On 14 April 2025, the Council of the European Union (the “Council”) has given the greenlight for the “Stop-the-clock” proposal, which will postpone the application of sustainability reporting and diligence requirements. This...more

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European Union › EU Directive

New EU Rule Requires Easy “Cancel Contract” Button for Online Sales

ESMA advice on the review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive

EU Omnibus updates – Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) “quick fix” amendments adopted by European Commission

EWC Directive Revisions 2025

Uneven Stop-the-Clock Provisions Throughout Europe on Sustainability Reporting

Northern Ireland: Gender Pay Gap Reporting

News From Across the Pond: UK+ Regime Now Permanent

EU Commission Publishes The Risk Classification Under The EUDR

ROPES & GRAY CSRD TRANSPOSITION TRACKER

Amendment to the TARGET Guideline postponed

EU Pay Transparency Directive: Updates on Implementation Across Member States

Solvency II: Assessing the implications of the EU’s Amending Directive for the insurance sector

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, calls for the repeal of the CSDDD

EU Pay Transparency Directive – Worker’s Right to Receive Information

Omnibus I 'stop-the-clock' directive published in Official Journal of the EU

Refresher: EU Capital Requirements Directive 6 (“CRD6”) – What Cross-Border Financial Institutions Need to Know

Final Approval for Simplification – Council of the European Union Formally Approves to “Stop-the-Clock” on Sustainability...

Pay Transparency vs Pay Privacy: How to Succeed in Both

EU Pay Transparency Directive: Ireland Joins the Frontrunners

EU Anti-SLAPP Directive: Public Participants May Claim Compensation for Strategic Litigation Outside EU

Spain's Draft Law on Collective Actions to Transpose EU Directive 2020/1828

The Netherlands: Current Situation Regarding the Implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive

Review of International Trade Enforcement in the U.S., E.U., and UK in 2024 and What to Expect in 2025

EU Pay Transparency Directive: The Current Status and How To Prepare

EU Updates its Product Liability Regime: Important Considerations for Providers of AI Systems and Software

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