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The new Rome II regulation and its implications for e-commerce

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • May 22 2007

The European institutions are currently discussing the draft Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-contractual Obligations (Rome II) which attempts to harmonise the relevant rules on the law applicable to non-contractual liability, including tort

European Parliament adopts position on data breach notification requirement for telecoms and ISPs

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • May 12 2009

On May 6, 2009, the proposed amendments to the e-Privacy Directive received a second reading in the European Parliament

EU Parliament rejects telecom reform package

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • May 8 2009

In a surprise development, the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday rejected a wide-ranging overhaul of European Union (EU) telecom rules as EP members deadlocked on a late amendment that would have limited the prosecution of EU web users who illegally download copyrighted material

Data privacy does not trump copyright protection says European Court of Justice

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Spain
  • -
  • February 25 2008

This European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision was in the context of unlawful music file sharing via the internet

Commission wants consumers to surf the web without borders

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
  • -
  • May 8 2009

A recent Eurobarometer survey found that, although 48.5 per cent of EU households have a broadband internet connection, a lack of confidence holds many consumers back from online transactions

ECHR rules on disclosure of web users’ identity

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 6 2009

On December 2, 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in K.U. v. Finland that Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights requires national laws to protect individuals from serious online privacy infringements, but also that the national legal framework must allow for the identification and prosecution of offenders

ECJ finds prohibition on cross-border gambling compatible with EC law: Portuguese "blip" or serious obstacle?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Portugal
  • -
  • September 8 2009

On 8 September 2009 the ECJ gave an important Judgment about the legality of cross-border Internet gambling under European free movement law

Website terms of sale not "as seen on screen"

  • MacRoberts LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • September 9 2009

The European Commission has published the results of an investigation into websites selling electronic goods, and has found that more than half of them fail to comply with consumer protection laws

Acquisition of DoubleClick by Google cleared by Commission

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 14 2008

The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of DoubleClick by the internet search engine Google

Advocate General's opinion in the three French Google keyword references

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • September 23 2009

The Advocate General delivered his widely anticipated opinion today in three references to the European Court of Justice involving whether the AdWords system operated by Google amounted to trade mark infringement

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