The Spanish Supreme Court ruled, for the first time, that companies can incur criminal liability.
Creating a successful online retail strategy has never been more difficult, especially if restrictions affect Europe.
We surveyed local counsel in 37 jurisdictions throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, and asked them to describe the legal risks associated with violations of data protection laws, and summarize enforcement activities among local data protection authorities.
The end of the year saw a flurry of activity with respect to the GDPR. The biggest change in EU data protection law in two decades is imminent. The GDPR will affect the way companies collect, process, store and transfer personal data in and out of the EU.
After months of intense negotiations, the European Commission and the US Government announced today an agreement on the EU-US Privacy Shield .
On January 22, 2016, Spain’s State Prosecutor has issued a 65 pages long document providing guidance to Spanish prosecutors on criminal prosecution of legal entities and on the assessment of compliance programs adopted by companies.
The EU’s highest Court confirms that automated messages can put recipients on the hook for a price-fixing cartel.
The ruling issued by the European Court of Human Rights (Barbulescu versus Romania) puts an end to the lawsuit brought against an employee’s dismissal because he had used (for his personal correspondence) a Yahoo Messenger account that his employer had instructed him to open to reply to customer requests.
“Implementation Day” of the nuclear agreement with Iran (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or “JCPOA”) and the re-opening of the Iranian market arrived on Saturday, 16 January. In response to this, Baker & McKenzie is organizing the Iran Trade Roadshow, a series of 2-3 hour seminars in various locations across the globe that will provide an overview of the potential changes to sanctions in relation to the JCPOA.
The economic literature explains that most markets tend towards oligopoly over the longer term. This does not necessarily imply that competition is impaired.