13 Mar
Chapter News

Tajani: “Europe needs to be changed not weakened”

Antonio Tajani made the case for European unity in his first speech as Parliament President at the start of a Council summit. “Today more than ever we can see how important European unity is,” he told political leaders at the summit in Brussels on 9 March. “Europe needs to be changed not weakened. All the institutions need to work harder to find the answers which ordinary Europeans are looking to us to provide.” The summit is dedicated to issues such...

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13 Mar
Chapter News

March European Council: Delivering where it matters

EU leaders reviewed progress in a number of priority areas, reaffirmed the unity of the EU-27 and continued the debate on the future of the European Union. Prior to the main agenda, President Juncker welcomed the re-election of Donald Tusk as President of the European Council for a second two-and-a-half year mandate. Jobs, growth and competitiveness Leaders welcomed the encouraging economic situation across Europe. The March European Council is the first meeting in almost a decade where all 28 economies are expected...

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13 Mar
Member News

No right to be forgotten for personal data in companies registers

In its judgement of 9 March 2017 in case C-398/15 the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) handed down an important judgement on the scope of the so-called "right to be forgotten" on the basis of Personal Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. The ECJ considered that this directive does not preclude any person from accessing, without any time limit, personal data set out in the companies registers. Nevertheless, on a case by case basis, where exceptionally justified and upon...

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13 Mar
Member News

Foregone Conclusion?

Over the last couple of weeks, a series of Federal Reserve speakers have talked up the likelihood of a Fed rate hike here in March. Heading into Friday’s USA employment report, the Fed Funds implied probability indicated a 100% chance – yes one hundred percent! – of a Fed rate hike at next week’s FOMC meeting. The report itself (nonfarm payrolls +235k vs. +200k expected, 4.7% unemployment in line with expectations, and a slightly higher labor participation rate) did...

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13 Mar
Member News

Finland’s Faces in the U.S.: Jim Kurtti Keeps Finnish Heritage Alive in Copper Country

There are only 312,000 people who call the Upper Peninsula of Michigan home – which is less than 5 percent of the state’s total population – but nearly one of every three of these people has some Finnish ancestry. In fact, the westernmost five counties of Upper Michigan are the only counties anywhere in the U.S. where Finns are the majority ethnic group. Here in Hancock – a place the early Finns called, “Ameriikan Lappi” – the Honorary Consul office...

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10 Mar
Member News

Balance approach needed to UK-US trade

The below is a new article by James Bacchus, previously published  in London Business Matters Magazine, on the need for a balanced approach toward the conclusion of a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States. “The United Kingdom has long stood side by side with America in the defence and in the advance of shared values of human freedom. The British people should never be at the “back of the queue” for America.” President Donald Trump has...

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10 Mar
Member News

Trending Exception to the Exclusion: Finding a Subcontractor’s Defect Isn’t “Your Work”

Most contractors’ Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies are based on the post-1986 Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) standard form policies that include a “Your Work” exclusion that precludes coverage for property damage to work or operations performed by a contractor or on the contractor’s behalf. However, the “Your Work” exclusion includes an express exception that states that the exclusion does not apply if the damages arise out of work performed on the contractor’s behalf by a subcontractor. Despite this...

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10 Mar
Member News

Ogletree Deakins Opens in Paris

PARIS – March 1, 2017 – Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, expanded its international presence today by opening an office in Paris, France. Ogletree Deakins’ Paris office broadens the firm’s European footprint, which includes Berlin and London, and is the firm’s third office to open in 2017. Ogletree Deakins opens in Paris with a team of 11 attorneys and legal staff, including partners Karine Audouze and Jean-Marc Albiol. Audouze will serve...

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10 Mar
Member News

Bite-size commercial law update

Welcome to our bite-size commercial law update. In this update, we summarise some of the key recent developments for in-house lawyers, covering contract, consumer and IP law, as well as the EU’s Digital Single Market initiative. If you would like to discuss any of the issues raised in this update in more detail, please get in touch with one of us, or your usual Osborne Clarke contact. 1. Contract law Can you make a binding agreement over dinner in a restaurant? Yes, although...

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10 Mar
Chapter News

Conclusions by the President of the European Council, 9 March 2017

The European Council deliberated on the attached document. It was supported by 27 Members of the European Council, but it did not gather consensus, for reasons unrelated to its substance.  References to the European Council in the attached document should not be read as implying a formal endorsement by the European Council acting as an institution. Download the full report here Compliments of the European Council

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