Doing Business in the European Union | Reporting Systems and the Importance of Culture & Language
Doing Business in the European Union | Anonymity & Keeping the Whistleblower's Identity Confidential
Doing Business in the European Union | Key Elements of the EU Directive on Whistleblower Protection
Doing Business in the European Union | Global Laws & Compliance Program
Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: EU Mandatory Disclosure Rules (DAC 6)
Nota Bene Episode 81: European Check In: How the EU is Dealing with the Pandemic’s Economic Fallout with Oliver Heinisch
Jones Day Talks: EU's New Foreign Direct Investment Regulations Eye Specific Sectors
This is the second in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
Though many were delayed in doing so, 25 of 27 EU member states have now implemented the EU Whistleblowing Directive. Organisations with between 50 and 250 employees have been left with little time to comply with the new...more
Very soon, a long-awaited amendment to the Czech Act on the Protection of Competition will become law, implementing (after a long delay) the requirements of what is known as the ECN+ Directive (an EU directive designed to...more
Whistleblowing in Europe has been governed by country-specific regulations, some of which differed widely in terms of content. A number of Member States did not even have a dedicated generally applicable protection system in...more
The European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as “ECHR”) has just granted the status of whistleblower to a former employee of PwC, in Luxemburg, who was at the origin of public revelations on certain tax...more
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
Like the majority of EU Member States, Belgium missed the deadline to transpose the Directive on time. However, the Belgian parliament has now approved the draft act transposing the Directive for the private sector (the New...more
Nearly one year has passed since European Union member states were supposed to have met the December 17, 2021 deadline for incorporating the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive into their national laws. Yet, just 10 of...more
By 17 December 2021, EU Member States were required to transpose the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive into their national law. The Directive’s purpose is to provide stronger protection across all EU countries for people...more
The entity-level reporting requirement described in the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive (“the Directive”) is one of the more complex aspects of the emerging legal standard. For private organizations with legal entities...more
As we enter the second quarter of 2022, more EU countries are implementing their national transpositions of the EU Whistleblower Directive. Progress is happening, slowly but surely! And perhaps this gradual implementation...more
Since the launch of the EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive, 21st December 2021, EU countries and organisations have been scrambling to transpose the rules into their current national laws. The main guidelines of the...more
What Is Workplace Whistleblowing? Whistleblowing in the workplace is a process where an employee, (the whistleblower), reports to an authorised person a certain type of wrongdoing, misconduct or illegal act made by another...more
Companies should start thinking about their whistleblowing strategy. Current state of play - The EU Whistleblowing Directive aims to protect whistleblowers when making an extensive range of disclosures on breaches of EU...more
The clock is ticking for global employers with staff in the EU to prepare for changes in reports made by EU whistleblowers. Employers need to determine how the Directive will be implemented in each of EU’s 27 Member States,...more
As the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive (Directive 2019/1937) comes into force at the end of this year, many thousands of affected organizations across the EU will be implementing a whistleblowing program for the first...more
With less than six months now to go until the 17th December 2021 deadline for EU member states to transpose the Whistleblower Protection Directive (2019/1937), progress is still very mixed. Just one of the 27 member states...more
In this video recap, Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Scott Marrah discusses key elements of reporting systems and the importance of culture & language. --- On March 3, 2021, Kilpatrick Townsend partnered with the Association of...more
In this video recap from the session, Julia Arbery discusses the difference between anonymity & keeping the whistleblower's identity confidential. --- On March 3, 2021, Kilpatrick Townsend partnered with the Association of...more
In this video recap, Julia Arbery and Adria Perez discuss the EU Directive on Whistleblower Protection and the current status of the German legislation. --- On March 3, 2021, Kilpatrick Townsend partnered with the Association...more
On March 3, 2021, Kilpatrick Townsend partnered with the Association of Corporate Counsel's Georgia Chapter on "Doing Business in the European Union: Exploring Cross-Border Legal Issues | Anti-Corruption, Ethics, and...more
Companies in Germany should be aware of Germany’s looming implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937). The now available first working draft bill for a Whistleblower Protection Act...more
The end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 has reshaped the landscape for employers. In our updated Q&As publication, we look at the impact for employment law and at considerations for in-house counsel and HR...more
Almost one year after its adoption by the European Parliament, more than half of the EU’s 27 Member States have started transposing the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive into national law. Now, little over 14 months...more
A new EU Directive, known as the "EU Whistleblowing Directive", that aims to enhance the enforcement of EU law and policies by providing protection for individuals that report breaches has been published in the Official...more