The French Competition Authority ("FCA") has recently published its annual report for 2020. The study provides a summary of the 2020's major cases and...

As we have previously reported, on 9 July 2021 the EU Commission published its long-awaited draft vertical block exemption regulation and accompanying guidelines.

Pursuant to German Social Security Laws, employees can obtain short-time working benefits provided by the employment authorities.

The new regime relies on a similar approach of self-certification and external verification against seven privacy principles.

On 9 December 2021, the Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") imposed a record fine of € 1,128 billion on several entities of Amazon Group – namely, Amazon Europe Core S.à r.l., Amazon Services Europe S.à r.l...

In March 2023, the Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") announced the publication of a new whistleblowing platform, which is available on its website at the following link: https://www.agcm.it/servizi/whistleblowing.

With its decision issued on 23 November 2021, the Italian Competition Authority (the "AGCM") has fined Amazon and Apple for EUR 68.7 million and EUR 134.5 million, respectively.

On 1 January 2007, the Act on Financial Supervision entered into force in The Netherlands. This article discusses the consequences for distance marketing of consumer financial services by financial undertakings.

Spanish labour market reform has been developing over the last three years, where employer associations, most representative trade unions and the Spanish government have not been able to reach any agreement.

Brace yourself: it's finally here! What has been termed by Sarah Cardell as a potential ‘watershed moment', yesterday (25 April 2023) the draft Digital Markets, Competition...

Ever bought a building and later discovered the seller has not mentioned something about it to you?

We wait ages for a case dealing with conveyancing procedures and then two come along at once.

The Toronto Maple Leafs forward, William Nylander, had been sidelined with an injury for two weeks...

It appears that users won’t be seeing the blue AdChoices triangle icon on Twitter anytime soon.

The District's Migratory Local Wildlife Protection Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-337, the Law) became effective on March 22, 2023, and requires that building permit applications submitted...

In December 2005 the World Trade Organisation (WTO) members decided to transform a previously temporary waiver into a permanent amendment of the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Agreement, which sets out agreed standards for national intellectual property systems. The waiver seeks to improve access to patented medicines for poorer countries.

Almost eight years ago, we wrote about some lessons that could be taken from The Simpsons episode ‘King-Size Homer' (first broadcast in 1995).

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 454 into law, reenacting the California Migratory Bird Protection Act as codified in Section 3513 of the Fish and Game Code, on October 6, 2025.

Shaun Lee, counsel and Low Zhe Ning, associate, in the dispute resolution group at Bird & Bird ATMD LLP explain the implications of the decision of the SICC in this case.

As we have noted previously, the California Court of Appeal's Hassell v. Bird decision in 2016 upholding an injunction requiring Yelp to remove certain user reviews was discouraging to social media companies and other online intermediaries, as well as to fans of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and proponents of Internet free speech generally.