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02
Dec
With the help of our members, we are creating a Thought-Leadership series on the impact of COVID-19 on Labor & Employment from the perspective of both sides of the Atlantic. Today, we present Deborah S. Brenneman, Partner at THOMPSON HINE LLP in Ohio, along with Gijs van Nes, Partner & Naud van Doorn, Associate both at NAUTADUTILH in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, who will address “Managing staffing short of cost-cutting in Europe and the United States”. |
As the end of the Covid-19...
01
Dec
November 09, 2020 |
Recently, Mayor de Blasio signed a new measure into law that bans landlords from attempting or threatening to enforce personal liability clauses in the existing contracts of business owners to whom they have leased their properties. Enacted in May and applied retroactively to the beginning of March, this specific law was set to expire at the end of September. However, as a result of the Mayor’s extension, the law will now apply through March of next...
01
Dec
European Data Protection Board publishes recommendations on measures to supplement transfer tools for international data transfer
Background: the CJEU‘s “Schrems II” decision
In a remarkable decision dated 16 July 2020 in the “Schrems II” case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the European Commission’s Implementation Decision on the “EU-US Privacy Shield” without a transitional period, thus dealing a harsh blow to transatlantic data transfer.
The CJEU’s decision also focused on the EU standard data protection clauses (or “standard contractual clauses”) that have often been used as transfer...
01
Dec
The end of the annus horribilis is at hand, and despite the hard winter ahead for the northern hemisphere, there is a sense of optimism for the new year. The first generation of vaccines for the coronavirus appears promising. The US has elected as president a person who is within the internationalist tradition. The UK's standstill agreement with the EU will still expire at the end of the year, but many are still hopeful a last-minute deal can still be...
30
Nov
SEP licensing in supply chains: ECJ gets opportunity for a major trend-setting decision
In a decision of November 26, 2020 in a patent infringement case of Nokia Technologies Oy against Daimler AG, the Düsseldorf Regional Court (file number 4c O 17/19) referred several questions to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs) within multi-level supply chains. The Düsseldorf Regional Court suspended the infringement action until the decision of the ECJ. These questions referred...
30
Nov
Five weeks before the UK is set to leave the Single Market and Customs Union the European Commission still cannot tell whether there will be a post-Brexit future relationship agreement.
Filling in for EU Chief negotiator Michel Barnier who continues to self-isolate after a member of his team tested positive for the coronavirus last week, European Commission President von der Leyen had a clear and sobering message when updating MEPs on the state of play of negotiations with London: “Frankly,...
30
Nov
This article is part of Portolano Cavallo's monthly “INFORM@ Digital & IP” Newsletter. Click here to subscribe. |
On October 22, 2020 through Resolution No. 541/20/CONS, the Italian Communications Authority (“AGCOM”) issued an administrative pecuniary sanction in the amount of EUR 100,000.00 to Google Ireland Limited (“Google Ireland”) for infringing the general ban on gambling advertising prescribed under Article 9 of Law Decree No. 87/2018 (the “Ban” and the “Decreto Dignità”, respectively).
The decision in question is particularly interesting from a twofold perspective.
Firstly, in...
25
Nov
With the global COVID-19 pandemic forcing healthcare systems around the world to reimagine how healthcare can be delivered remotely and safely, we have seen a rapid proliferation of telehealth and virtual care solutions. In reality, COVID-19 has provided a long-awaited and much-anticipated tipping point for the virtual care industry, which promises to continue to grow exponentially long after the crisis has passed. Indeed, many are hoping that far from being a temporary workaround, the transition to Virtual Care could...
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