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US concerns over EU’s reclassification of IT products

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • October 31 2007

The US has expressed its concern about the EU’s interpretation of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) covering high-tech products that offers duty-free status to some items

European Parliament approves SWIFT II agreement

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • July 20 2010

On 28 June 2010, the Spanish Minister for Home Affairs, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, on behalf of the EU, and the US Embassy's Economic Officer to the EU, Michael Dodman, signed the agreement on the transfer to US counter-terrorism authorities of information on international bank transfers conducted through the SWIFT system

Oracle awarded $1.3 billion for copyright theft

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2010

SAP has been ordered by a Californian court to pay $1.3 billion to Oracle for illegally downloading and reselling Oracle software

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Public cloud computing: US government agency issues draft security and privacy guidance

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 19 2011

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently issued draft guidelines on security and privacy in public cloud computing, a draft definition of cloud computing, and a final guide on security for full virtualization technologies