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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
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Nota Bene Episode 65: European Check In: Environmental Protection, Privacy Regulations, Digital Market Definition, and Brexit with Oliver Heinisch
The EU General Court has dismissed a French MEP’s challenge to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”) for the transfer of personal data between the European Union (“EU”) and the United States (“U.S”). While the decision...more
On 3 September 2025, the General Court (GC) of the European Union's Court of Justice dismissed claims in Latombe v. Commission to annul the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). ...more
On September 3, 2025, the EU General Court (the General Court) (the second-highest court in the European Union (EU)) upheld the validity of EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) in Philippe Latombe v European Commission...more
Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. Alcohol Law - French Wine Sustainability Agreement Approved: EU and U.S. Antitrust Considerations...more
EU Launches UK Adequacy Decision Renewal Process - On 22 July 2025, the European Commission announced that it had launched the process to renew the adequacy decision for the United Kingdom (UK) and confirmed that the UK’s...more
On April 1st, 2025, the General Court of the European Union held its first hearing on the request initiated by member of French parliament Philippe Latombe for annulment of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”) further...more
On February 11 2025, the European Commission (the EU Commission) released its 2025 work programme in which it published its AI and privacy initiatives for 2025 (the Work Programme) in order to boost competitiveness, enhance...more
On 11 February 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a new statement on age assurance. This statement, while not legally binding, will guide the enforcement of age-gating methods across the EU. Age assurance...more
Following a German case brought against the EU Commission, the EU General Court found that the Commission had made an improper transfer of personal information to the US. The plaintiff, a German citizen, alleged (among other...more
At first glance, the headline looks like a typo: The EU rules against the EU…for breaching EU data protection law?...more
In the six years since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) took effect, governments around the world have updated their data protection laws to reflect the seismic changes in data processing that were created...more
On November 5, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued its first report under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) and released a statement on the access to data for law enforcement. Both documents were...more
On October 9, 2024, the European Commission (the Commission) published a report on the first periodic review of the adequacy decision of July 10, 2023. This decision determined that the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the...more
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”) exemplifies a highly advanced risk-based approach to European regulation. One of its distinguishing features is the detailed classification of various risk levels associated with...more
This series of blogs rounds up some of the key data protection regulatory trends we have seen during 2024, focused on the EU and UK. 2024 has seen behavioural advertising and cookies continue to dominate the agenda of data...more
In Nuctech Warsaw (T-284/24), the EU Court of Justice held that EU subsidiaries can lawfully be required to provide access to email accounts and data held by their overseas parent company. The ruling involved the following...more
Welcome to Commercially Connected shorts, our weekly bitesize newsletter summarising the latest international commercial law updates. This week we look at: - Are your records in order – responding to ECCTA and other...more
In Part I, we discussed the European Commission’s (“Commission”) disapproval of Meta’s “pay or consent” subscription model. In Part II, we delve into the European Commission’s findings, prior findings by the European Data...more
On 12 July, 2024, the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the ‘EU AI Act’) was published in the official Journal of the European Union. The EU AI Act aims to establish a...more
In November of 2023, Meta launched a service in the European Union that allowed users to utilize the Facebook and Instagram platforms “ad free” for a monthly fee. The subscription service was meant to address regulatory...more
On 1 July 2024, the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) announced its preliminary findings in an investigation of a leading social media platform, concluding that its ‘pay or consent’ advertising model implemented in the...more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) during its 90th plenary session, on 14 February 2024, amongst other things: - adopted an opinion (the Opinion) on the notion of a controller’s main establishment, including...more
The European Council recently approved a final version of the EU Data Act. The Act applies to manufacturers of connected devices. Among other things, it gives consumers certain rights about the information those devices...more
The pace of new EU law continues unabated, with IoT, cyber security and digital services being key areas of activity. The BCLP Data Privacy & Security team is tracking EU law developments relevant to data and cyber security....more
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the newly established data privacy framework between the EU and U.S. and new consumer privacy laws in Oregon and Texas. We also review a court ruling that delayed...more