4 April 2024/ By Jesse Peters Blogpost 23/2024 For six months, Israel has been waging a brutal offensive on Gaza, killing over 30.000 Palestinians, destroying more than 60% of the homes in Gaza, and making Gazans account for 80% of those facing famine or catastrophic hunger worldwide. High Representative Borrell…
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3 April 2024/ By Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon and Bárbara da Rosa Lazarotto Blogpost 22/2024 The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a regulation enacted by the European Union as part of the European Strategy for Data. Its final text was published on 12 October 2022, and it officially entered into force on…
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26 March 2024/ By Fiene Kohn Blogpost 21/2024 In February, the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) rejected a motion regarding electoral thresholds in EU electoral law, finally allowing for the necessary national approval of Council Decision 2018/994. This Decision intends to amend the European Electoral act and, according to Article…
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25 March 2024/ By Alexandre Lodie Blogpost 20/2024 On 7 March 2024, the ECJ released two very important decisions on the extent of the definition of ‘personal data’ under EU data protection law in cases C-479/22 P and C-604/22. The latter case involves a Belgian non-profit organisation called IAB Europe…
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Implications of Constructive Dismissal on Retirement Plans A worker may have a claim for constructive dismissal if their employer has created intolerable working conditions that have forced them to leave the job. Constructive dismissal may also affect an employee’s retirement plans. In order for an employer to be found guilty…
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12 March 2024/ By Joris Janssen Blogpost 19/2024 The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive at risk In December 2023, following a lengthy Trilogue, a political agreement was reached regarding the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); the first EU economy-wide mandatory due diligence legislative measure. The Directive aims to promote…
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4 March 2024/ By Sophia Hassel Blogpost 18/2024 Since C-300/21 Österreichische Post, the first ECJ decision on non-material damages under GDPR, the ECJ has handed down multiple other decisions on the topic (C-340/21 Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite, C-667/21 Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, C-456/22 Gemeinde Ummendorf and C‑687/21 MediaMarktSaturn). There seems to be…
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29 February 2024/ By Marjut Salokannel Blogpost 17/2024 In accordance with the European data strategy the European Commission gave its proposal for the Regulation on European Health Data Space (EHDS) in May 2022. The purpose of the EHDS is to establish a mandatory cross-border infrastructure which makes it possible for…
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27 February 2024/ By Clara Muller Blogpost 16/2024 On the 9th of November 2023, the Court of Justice issued a judgment concerning the interpretation of the derogation clause in Article 3 (4) of the Information Society Services Directive (also known as the e-commerce Directive). The case concerned an Austrian law…
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26 February 2024/ By Amy Weatherburn Blogpost 15/2024 On 21 December 2023, a political agreement was reached between the Council and the European Parliament on the text of the revised Single Permit Directive. This development is a key piece of the puzzle that aims at reforming the management of legal…