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The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has fined a company EUR 420,000 for violating privacy laws in the workplace. The decision focuses on the employer’s use of content from Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger— shared...more
In recent years, sustainability and ESG compliance have become pivotal factors in consumer purchasing decisions. The luxury fashion industry, as a significant contributor to CO2 emissions, faces increasing scrutiny in this...more
Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more
On March 27, 2024, the Italian legislature enacted reforms to attract new investors to the Italian capital markets and improve corporate governance following guidelines issued by former Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s...more
Spotlight on below-threshold merger reviews: doubts over European Commission’s powers while in depth probes launched in Italy - Last month, we reported on the landmark Advocate General (AG) opinion in Illumina/GRAIL. The AG...more
By now, many of us are using AI, advising others about how to use AI, and waiting for some legislative miracle to give us some guardrails for what we can or cannot be doing with AI. A lot of effort has been put into tracking...more
This booklet has been written specifically for business individuals and whilst it may be of interest to their local advisers, such as lawyers or accountants, the information is intended for a wider audience. We cover topics...more
The past six months have seen difficult economic times in much of Europe, with governments and central banks seeking to respond to both the increases in costs of living and the need to curb inflation. Notwithstanding the...more
Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more
On April 21, 2022 the Italian Organismo Agenti e Mediatori issued a circular implementing the Ministry of Economic and Finance decree regarding statutory registration, fees, and obligations of cryptocurrency providers and...more
On April 27, 2021, the Italian Parliament, in both Chambers, Representative and Senate, approved the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Now the Government shall submit within April 30th the Plan to the European Commission...more
It would be a truism to note that COVID-19 has had a profound impact on many sectors globally. The art industry, which relies considerably on the human interaction between art dealers, artists, and members of the public, is...more
Among the legislative measures approved by the Italian Government to support the financial indebtedness of corporates in the face of COVID19, ... the State guarantee made available through SACE S.p.A. ("SACE") is mainly...more
The EU General Data Protection Regulation allows the temporary suspension of some data-protection rights in times of crisis, such as the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. This installment of The eData Guide to GDPR...more
As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more
We summarize below some of the most significant cartel enforcement developments from U.S. and other antitrust enforcers, including policy shifts, investigations, case filings, and court rulings. This report summarizes...more
On the heels of the European Union's General Data Protection law, which went into effect in May 2018, California has enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")—the result of an 11th-hour compromise between...more
The Situation: The Legislative Decree 101/2018 ("Harmonization Decree") harmonizes the Italian data protection laws with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 679/2016 ("GDPR") provisions. It was enacted and became...more
IVASS has just published a letter to the market addressed to Italian and EU insurance intermediaries and undertakings addressing the level of awareness of traditional intermediaries about the risks involved in the use of new...more
UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more
Privacy Shield Implementation and How-To Kit from McDermott Will & Emery - Japanese companies may have European branches or subsidiaries that send personal data to the US or that may be accessed by entities in the US,...more
The European Court of Justice ("CoJ") has upheld the European Commission's use of evidence transmitted by a national authority other than a Member State competition authority in a cartel investigation. The CoJ ruled on April...more
The Italian Competition Authority, together with the national regulators for communications and data protection, opened a joint market investigation on Big Data. The investigation appears to be wide-ranging, covering not only...more
New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more
On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more