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Workday Ruling: How Europe’s Top Courts Raised the Bar for Employee Data Protection

Fisher Phillips on 7/24/2025

Cloud-based HR systems have become standard for multinational businesses, driving efficiency but also increasing compliance and privacy risks. Indeed, a recent Workday case, which originated in Germany, has clarified the...more

CJEU Recognizes Cross-Border Jurisdiction of National Courts, Long-Arm Jurisdiction of UPC

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/6/2025

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a decision significantly expanding the capabilities of both the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the national courts in EU Member States to issue cross-border injunctions...more

UPC Issues First FRAND Decision

McDermott Will & Schulte on 12/20/2024

In a landmark decision, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Local Division Mannheim set standards for enforcing standard essential patents (SEPs) and for negotiating fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licenses under...more

UPC ruling on Panasonic v. Oppo: A landmark decision on SEPS and FRAND

A&O Shearman on 12/12/2024

On November, 22, 2024, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) delivered a landmark ruling in Panasonic v. Oppo, setting a significant precedent in the realm of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and...more

CJEU Clarifies Copyright Protection for Software Variables

Jones Day on 12/10/2024

The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled that modifying temporary variables in the working memory of a computer without enabling the reproduction or further execution of such a program does not constitute...more

EU’s Highest Court Issues Major AI Decision With Wide-Reaching Impact

Alston & Bird on 12/20/2023

On 7 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued an important decision on how the GDPR governs AI-assisted decisions. The case arose in the financial services context, with the court holding that...more

Landmark Ruling: The Court of Justice of the European Union Rejects Strict Liability in the General Data Protection Regulation

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/11/2023

In this Essential Guide, which is part of Orrick’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Compass Series, we will provide insight into the potential fines that companies may face for violating the General Data Protection Regulation...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: November 2023

K&L Gates LLP on 12/7/2023

Antitrust and Competition - European Commission Approves Consolidation in the Ground Transportation Sector Subject to Remedies - The companies are two global suppliers of signalling systems for mainline and urban railway...more

Data Transfers Permitted Across the Pond via New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 7/25/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on data transfers for the EU-U.S. (European Union/United States) Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The adequacy decision concluded that the United States...more

Data Privacy Laws and Blocking Statutes: Five Practical Strategies for Counsel

HaystackID on 1/30/2023

Background Note: Data privacy has become a critical issue in the digital era, with laws and regulations constantly evolving. As a result, it’s important for cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery...more

Calmer waters in sight? The European Commission publish their draft adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

A&O Shearman on 12/21/2022

The 13 December 2022 marked a further stage in restoring greater stability for transatlantic personal data transfers, as the European Commission (the Commission) launched the process towards adoption of an adequacy decision...more

6 Things to Know About the New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/26/2022

In early October, the United States (“U.S.”) and European Union (“EU”) came one step closer to the much-awaited new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”), designed to facilitate transatlantic data flows between the...more

President Biden Issues Executive Order Regarding Signals Intelligence Activities, Clearing Way for New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy...

Perkins Coie on 10/11/2022

President Biden issued an executive order (EO) increasing protections and safeguards for personal data subject to signals intelligence activities. It also establishes a redress mechanism for residents of qualifying states who...more

EU and U.S. Reach Agreement in Principle on New Data Privacy Framework for EU-U.S. Data Transfers

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/25/2022

The European Union (EU) and United States have reached a “deal in principle” to establish a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (Framework), which is meant to foster the exchange of data between the EU and U.S. This new...more

The United States and European Commission Announce a New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/6/2022

The United States ("U.S.") and the European Commission ("EU Commission") recently announced an “agreement in principle” to develop a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (“Framework”). The Framework is intended to...more

Updata: Your quarterly Data Privacy and Cybersecurity update - October - December 2020

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 3/11/2021

Updata is an international report produced by Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team – it provides you with a compilation of key privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legal developments from the...more

CJEU Advocate General reinforces the GDPR’s One Stop Shop

Hogan Lovells on 1/18/2021

On 13 January 2021, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued an important opinion in the case of Facebook Belgium v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (C-645/19) which considers the...more

Cybersecurity 2021 – The Year in Preview: The GDPR's New Transfer Landmines

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/31/2020

Editors’ Note: This is the third in our fifth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Read our previous posts on Energy and Cannabis. A year ago,...more

Alert: Brexit Readiness: Possible Key Impacts of the Conclusion of the Transition Period on 31 December 2020

Cooley LLP on 12/4/2020

On 31 January 2020, the UK left the European Union and entered a transition period that is due to end at 11:00 pm GMT on 31 December 2020. At this point, it is still uncertain whether a new EU/UK deal will be reached. To...more

European Commission Publishes Proposed New Data Transfer Agreement

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 11/16/2020

The European Commission has just published a consultation draft of the long-promised updated version of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). The SCCs are the most commonly used legal mechanism for transferring personal...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/3/2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the U.S. Treasury's advisories regarding the role of financial intermediaries in ransomware payments, a ruling by the Israeli data protection authority...more

French Court refuses to suspend Microsoft’s hosting of a public health data lake despite CNIL opinion (the Health Data Hub case –...

Hogan Lovells on 10/22/2020

On October 14, 2020, the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’Etat) published its decision in a lawsuit requesting that the French health data platform (Health Data Hub) be suspended for breach of the GDPR in light...more

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