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The Foreign Investment Screening Regime comes into force in Ireland

Hogan Lovells on 1/30/2025

In line with international and European developments, Ireland has introduced a new regime to provide for a process to allow for certain transactions that may present risks to the security or public order of the State to be...more

[Event] 5th Annual European Forum on Global FDI Reviews - June 11th - 12th, Ixelles, Belgium

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 4/10/2024

Hosted by C5 Group, the 5th Annual European Forum on Global FDI Reviews returns for another exciting year with curated programming that provide sessions on the most pressing issues coming across your desk and strategic...more

Irish Data Case Against Facebook Could Complicate All Data Transfers to the US

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/17/2020

Will the EU finally deny the right to transfer any personal data from its shores to the United States? Its privacy decisions have been inching closer to this determination for years, and an Irish case against Facebook may tip...more

Means, Other Than Safe Harbor, of Transferring Personal Data to the U.S. Potentially Vitiated?

McGuireWoods LLP on 10/16/2015

After the decision of October 6, 2015, of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidating the decision from the EU Commission (Decision 2000/520) on the Safe Harbor, transfer of personal data to the U.S. based on Standard...more

Transfer of Employees’ Personal Data from Germany to the United States under German Data Privacy Law

K&L Gates LLP on 10/12/2015

Following the ECJ’s decision in the “Schrems” case which has invalidated the Safe Harbor framework multinational corporations may now face profound privacy law related compliance issues in a multitude of jurisdictions. In the...more

European Court of Justice Strikes Down Safe Harbor

Alston & Bird on 10/7/2015

In a momentous judgment, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) today invalidated the European Commission’s decision establishing the E.U.-US Safe Harbor for transfers of personal data (“Safe Harbor Decision”). The ruling was...more

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