If the shipping industry were a country on its own, it would be the sixth largest greenhouse gas emitter worldwide.

The global 0.5% sulphur cap for marine fuel, due to take effect from 1 January 2020, has led to calls for a prohibition on the carriage of non-compliant marine fuels.

Effective 30 December 2016, the Information Commissioner's Office (‘ICO') will be responsible for recording and maintaining the Telephone Preference Service (‘TPS') register.

Reed Smith is a leading player in the field of energy and environmental law, and is committed to developing a more sustainable model for our cities.

On February 22, 2018, Reed Smith's IP, Tech & Data Group hosted a webinar discussing key priorities and strategies for compliance during the final three months remaining before the GDPR comes into force on May 25, 2018.

With reports of excessive pricing on the rise around the globe, it is critical that companies understand the price gouging rules and regulations and their enforcement in each country ...

On 15 April 2015, Canada became the fourth country to join the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules System, a voluntary consumer data privacy program, behind Japan (2014), Mexico (2013), and the United States (2012).

In May, the Intermediate People's Court of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, published its civil judgment ruling that the search engine Baidu's use of cookies, used to personalise advertisements aimed at consumers when they enter onto certain third-party websites, does not infringe an individual's right to privacy.

The EU Commission has announced the extension of the block exemption providing antitrust immunity to certain cooperative agreements between shipping lines.

In the case of CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria, the European Court of Justice has extended the concept of indirect discrimination to cover those who do not have a protected characteristic, but who are associated with such people.

Last week the EU Commission announced that the ‘public consultation' phase of its Sustainable Products Initiative is now open.

Each person's perspective on this debate turns on his or her expectations of what the Paris Agreement was supposed to provide for.

The European General Court has held that employed lawyers do not have the right to represent their in-house clients before it.

In the recent case of Delfi v Estonia [2015] (no. 64569/09), the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which is part of the Council of Europe, introduced the principle that websites could be liable for comments posted by users.

Earlier this month, we reported the progress of trilogue discussions on the long-awaited General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Following adoption by the EU Council of the draft General Data Protection Regulation in June, the Article 29 Working Party has published an opinion based on draft proposals set out by the various EU institutions.

On 20 October 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) met for its 40th plenary session. During the session,

The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party released a Working Document setting forth a co-operation procedure for issuing common opinions on "Contractual clauses" considered as compliant with the EC Model Clauses.

The Article 29 Working Party adopted the Opinion on Data Protection Impact Template Assessment for Smart Grid and Smart Metering Systems, which evaluates the Privacy Impact Assessment template that the member states intend to adopt.

Last week we blogged about the game-changing ECJ Advocate General recommendation that the court found the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor program invalid.