09 Mar
Member News

Wilson Sonsini | FYI on NFTs: Consumer Protection and Privacy Considerations

Thinking of creating a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace? You're not alone. Global NFT transactions have risen from $40.96 million in 2018 to around $25 billion in 2021. Organizations from the NBA to Taco Bell have begun implementing NFT strategies. As blockchain-native artifacts, NFTs' immutability, digital scarcity, and transferability have catalyzed growing interest among consumers and businesses alike, inspiring companies of all sizes to explore potential use-cases ranging from standalone art pieces, to NFTs tied to physical products, to NFTs...

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08 Mar
Member News

Vistra | Beating the Great Resignation: Top trends to recruit and retain the best talent

In November 2021 alone, 4.5 million people in the US either quit or changed jobs, continuing a trend of pandemic-related shifts in the labour market. Welcome to the Great Resignation. The November figures are the highest ever recorded since the US Labor Department began tracking these numbers more than 20 years ago. So, why are so many people quitting? Economists and labour experts point to several reasons, including a tighter labour market, low-paid workers looking for better opportunities, employees looking for...

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08 Mar
Member News

Littler | The Ukraine Conflict & Related Sanctions: What Is the Impact on Global Workforces?

The Russian military’s recent invasion of Ukraine, and the related sanctions against Russia have many companies asking:  how does this chaos impact our workforces in those countries?  This broad question is answered below, with the caveat that these answers are subject to change, given the very fluid nature of the situation. Background As fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continues, the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and a host of other jurisdictions have imposed sanctions against certain Russian corporate entities...

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08 Mar
Member News

Loyens & Loeff | EU Data Protection Authorities say no to Google Analytics: what’s next?

Starting in January 2022, several EU Data Protection Authorities, as well as the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), have decided or at least indicated that the use of Google Analytics would not be compatible with GDPR, in particular its provisions on personal data transfers from the European Economic Area (EEA) to the US, as interpreted following the Schrems II decision of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU). Today, Google Analytics is still the most widespread website analytics and advertising tool...

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07 Mar
Member News

EIB | European Commission and EIB Group sign InvestEU agreements unlocking billions for investment across the European Union

The European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) signed the Guarantee Agreement on a European Union budget guarantee of €19.65 billion to support investment projects across Europe Investments under the InvestEU programme will focus on four policy areas: sustainable infrastructure; research, innovation and digitisation; small and medium-sized businesses; and social investment and skills. The European Commission and the EIB also signed the InvestEU Advisory Hub agreement which will provide up to...

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07 Mar
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

Fair and Open Trade in Europe and beyond – High Level Conference on Trade Policy and European Strategic Autonomy

"Check against delivery" | Paris, 7 March 2022 | Introduction Good morning. Thank you so much for inviting me to be with you today. I am glad to be here in person. Because getting together, being in one room  makes a difference. This is especially true these days. The events of the past weeks are a watershed moment for us all. They alter the course of our policies and the calculus of our foreign relations. I don't want to say too much about...

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07 Mar
Member News

Jaguar Freight | Weekly roar on Ukraine and supply chain issues

In this week’s Roar, we’re covering Ukraine and the fall out for supply chains, stress pushing air cargo rates up, more bad news for fuel, President Biden pledging to take on foreign ocean carriers, and a renewed case for blockchain in the supply chain. The list of disruptions that have resulted from the conflict in Ukraine spans borders and modes, and is growing. Carriers are shutting down operations in Ukraine until further notice, including DHL, A.P. Moller-Maersk, FedEx, and UPS. ...

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04 Mar
Chapter News

Ukraine: EU Commission proposes temporary protection for people fleeing war in Ukraine and guidelines for border checks

Today, the Commission is proposing to activate the Temporary Protection Directive  to offer quick and effective assistance to people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Under this proposal, those fleeing the war will be granted temporary protection in the EU, meaning that they will be given a residence permit, and they will have access to education and to the labour market. At the same time, the Commission is also putting forward operational guidelines intended to help Member States' border guards in...

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04 Mar
Chapter News

Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine: EU bans certain Russian banks from SWIFT system and introduces further restrictions

The Council today introduced further restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine. The Council decided in particular to prohibit: the provision of specialised financial messaging services, which are used to exchange financial data (SWIFT), to Bank Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Rossiya Bank, Sovcombank, VNESHECONOMBANK (VEB), and VTB BANK’. This prohibition will enter into force on the tenth day after the publication in the Official Journal of the EU, and will also apply to...

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04 Mar
Member News

Vulcan Insight | Ukrainian refugees get instant rights to live and work in the EU

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to intensify, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians fleeing westward to the EU’s eastern borders are being welcomed in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania. From there, the refugees are being distributed across European continent. And in a sign of strong EU action on managing the massive refugee stream, Interior Ministers signed off on the Temporary Protection Directive on Thursday evening, giving Ukrainians the right to live and work in the European Union for...

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