Constitutional Court Annuls The Belgian Data Retention Law

The Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) applies across the EU as from 12 September 2025. It reshapes access to and use of data generated by connected products and related services...

On 29 December 2021, a data subject filed a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) due to the receipt of a direct marketing e-mail from a company which he had not been a customer for two years.

From 27 June 2021, companies can use the European Commission's long-awaited new standard contractual clauses as an appropriate safeguard for transferring personal data to countries...

The opinion reviews key articles in the bill and highlights ambiguities and shortcomings.

The European Union's data strategy introduces comprehensive interoperability obligations through the GDPR, Data Act, and Data Governance Act, fundamentally transforming how organizations handle data portability, switching between service providers, and data intermediation services. Organizations providing data processing services and those operating as data intermediaries face new compliance requirements, registration procedures, and operational standards that demand immediate attention and strategic implem

Over the past years, "legal tech" solutions have become increasingly popular to help inhouse legal departments and law firms share and reuse existing knowledge.

On 3 September 2025, the EU General Court (T-553/23, Latombe v Commission) dismissed an action challenging the European Commission's adequacy decision 2023/1795 of July 2023 on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

On September 5, the official journal published the Belgian law implementing the GDPR (source documents in French and in Dutch).

More than a year after the first announcement of the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF)...

On November 9, 2015, a Belgian Tribunal ordered a social media company to cease recording the internet navigation habits of Belgian web users and issued a €250,000 fine for each day of noncompliance.

The Code is voluntary, but it will likely become an important reference point for demonstrating compliance with Article 50 of the AI Act.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, determining that when an AI agent acts at a user's direction, it is the user—not the AI company—who "accesses" computer systems under federal and California computer fraud statutes. This landmark appellate decision addresses how existing computer-access laws apply to agentic artificial intelligence and has significant implications...

A federal court has struck down New York's Climate Change Superfund Act, which sought to recover $75 billion from fossil fuel companies based on historical emissions. The ruling found the Act preempted by the Clean Air Act, marking the first judicial decision on state climate superfund legislation and establishing that EPA's rescission of the endangerment finding does not alter preemption analysis.

The European Commission has proposed replacing the EU's three core procurement directives with a single, directly applicable Regulation that would fundamentally reshape how companies compete for public contracts across Member States. The reform introduces mandatory quality criteria thresholds, embeds ESG considerations as evaluation factors, and establishes new security and European-preference provisions that could restrict participation based on ownership, supply chain exposure, and strategic dependencies.

On December 3, a federal court in the Central District of California granted plaintiffs' request for preliminary approval of a proposed $22 million settlement ...

The European Commission has initiated infringement procedures against 20 EU Member States for failing to transpose the EmpCo Directive by the March 27, 2026 deadline. This directive aims to combat greenwashing by requiring substantiation of environmental claims and third-party certification for sustainability labels, with full implementation expected by September 27, 2026.

Mexico's comprehensive anti-money laundering framework has undergone a sweeping transformation through Acuerdo 115/2026, introducing mandatory risk-based methodologies, enhanced client due diligence protocols, and automated monitoring requirements. With implementation deadlines beginning March 1, 2027, obligated parties conducting vulnerable activities face compressed timelines to overhaul their compliance infrastructure while navigating heightened enforcement risks and stricter beneficial ownership thresho

The European Commission has adopted final Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance under Article 102 TFEU, introducing a "workable effects approach" that narrows presumptions while expanding guidance on objective justifications and recognizing sustainability benefits as valid efficiencies for the first time. These Guidelines replace the 2008 Enforcement Priorities Guidance and are expected to significantly impact enforcement practices across EU Member States and beyond, particularly for digital market

The IRS has proposed new regulations that would impose nondiscrimination requirements on private schools seeking to maintain their tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3). These regulations would prohibit policies discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin in admissions, financial assistance, and other school programs. The proposed rules raise important questions about how private schools can structure their programs while complying with federal tax law requirements.

On July 16, plaintiffs in a putative class action filed a motion for preliminary approval of their settlement agreement with a video game ...