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The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
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EU & UK Competition Law & Public Interest: Best Practices & New Challenges ahead
Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 112: How Europe is Filling Enforcement Gaps for Digital Gatekeepers with Robert Klotz and Ciara Barbu-O’Connor
Nota Bene Episode 106: The Corporate Investor Movement Toward Environmental, Social, and Governmental Policies with Allison Troianos and Ariel Yehezkel
Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
What's Next after the Schrems II Decision of ECJ
Compliance Perspectives: The End of the Privacy Shield
Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver Heinisch
Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Nota Bene Episode 65: European Check In: Environmental Protection, Privacy Regulations, Digital Market Definition, and Brexit with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 55: Updates on the European Commission and Brexit with Isabelle Rahman and Oliver Heinisch
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union has adopted 18 packages of sanctions targeting Russia and Belarus, with the latest on July 19, 2025. In total, the EU has about 40 different sanctions...more
The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act (the EU AI Act) is the first comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) regulation to address AI technologies across the globe. The EU AI Act was proposed in April 2021 and...more
The European Union’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”) has now been in force for over a year, introducing a new layer of regulatory oversight for companies engaging in M&A transactions within the EU. Designed to address...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
The EU AI Act (AI Act), effective since February 2025, introduces a risk-based regulatory framework for AI systems and a parallel regime for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models. It imposes obligations on various actors,...more
Like in the United States, competition enforcement in Europe is in flux. The European Commission has appointed new leadership (Teresa Ribera) and set new policy directives. While one could not be blamed for focusing all...more
Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language....more
Two years ago, the FSR arrived as the new kid on the block in Brussels. Today, it is one of the EU's sharpest enforcement tools, and one that is only gaining prominence as geopolitical tensions reshape global investment and...more
On June 25, 2025, the European Commission published the long-anticipated draft EU Space Act (“Act”), a potentially landmark regulation that will apply to both EU and non-EU operators providing space services in Europe. The...more
In the first quarter of 2025, the approach of the European Union, EU member states, and the United Kingdom toward foreign direct investment (FDI) reviews continues to be cautious and is increasingly linked to security...more
Article 20 of Regulation N°1/2003 enables the European Commission ("Commission") to inspect undertakings when it suspects potential infringements of competition rules might have occurred. These unannounced inspections (called...more
In a merger control environment that has been steadily evolving over the past several years, M&A parties can less and less rely solely on traditional notification thresholds to assess filing obligations and antitrust risk....more
The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is the world's first comprehensive legal framework for AI regulation, which entered into force on August 1, 2024. The AI Act aims to ensure that AI systems are trustworthy, safe and...more
During the week of March 16, 2025, three regulators with significant extra-territorial anti-corruption enforcement jurisdiction announced plans to create a new International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce (the...more
On February 11, 2025, the European Commission withdrew its longstanding, and much debated, proposal for standard essential patent (SEP) regulation. The withdrawal was met with mixed reactions, with SEP holders largely...more
The European Union’s AI Act is now in effect. Officially entering into force on August 1, 2024, the regulation has begun reshaping the artificial intelligence landscape across Europe. While some of its key prohibitions will...more
The AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of June 13, 2024, laying down harmonized rules on artificial intelligence) is the European Union’s comprehensive legal framework on AI, which aims to promote the responsible development...more
On 12 December 2024, the Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (the Regulation) was published in the European Union (EU) Official...more
The Forced Labour Regulation creates a framework for investigation and enforcement against products made with forced labour. On 19 November 2024, the EU Council (Council) adopted a regulation prohibiting products made with...more
In today’s regulatory landscape, dawn raids — surprise, on-the-spot government inspections — have become increasingly prevalent, especially in Europe, Asia, and South America, where regulatory scrutiny is intensifying. In the...more
The NIS 2 Directive requires a wide range of in-scope organizations to adopt robust cybersecurity measures and incident response plans....more
This is part four of our examination of the European Union’s new artificial intelligence law, the (“EU AI Act”). In part one, we introduced the scope of the EU AI Act and discussed what types of AI systems are outright...more
Background of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was entered force on 25 July 2024. The purpose of this Directive is to promote sustainable and...more
The European Commission (EC) has published draft antitrust guidelines on exclusionary abuses (the Draft Guidelines) and is conducting a public consultation to gather feedback....more