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Covington & Burling LLP | European Union | 20 Nov 2023
EU Advocate General Defines “Identity Theft” And Reaffirms GDPR Compensation Threshold
EU Advocate General Collins has reiterated that individuals’ right to claim compensation for harm caused by GDPR breaches requires proof of “actual…
Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati | European Union | 28 Apr 2023
The Advocate General on profiling in the financial sector
On 16 March 2023, the Advocate General (AG) issued his opinion in Case C-634/21 (SCHUFA Holding e a.) concerning the interpretation of Article 22…
Lexology PRO | European Union, Spain | 20 Apr 2023
EU Damages Directive does not apply to contractual disputes, ECJ rules
Private actions seeking to nullify contracts for infringing antitrust rules cannot rely on the EU Damages Directive, but can still use decisions from competition authorities as strong rebuttable presumptions of wrongdoing, the European Court of Justice has held.
Covington & Burling LLP | European Union | 15 Sep 2022
CJEU Advocate General Finds That Data Subjects May in Parallel Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority and Start Proceedings Before a Court
On September 8, 2022, the Advocate General (“AG”) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) opined that data subjects should be able to…
Lexology PRO | European Union, Italy | 9 Dec 2021
Intent is not required in abuse cases, EU advocate general says
Proving that a dominant company intended to restrict competition does not allow antitrust enforcers to escape the burden of evidencing an actual deviation from competition on the merits that affected consumers, advocate general Athanasios Rantos has said.
Lexology PRO | European Union, France, Germany, etc. | 18 Nov 2021
ECJ urged to restate data retention rules – again
A European Court of Justice advocate-general has reiterated that member states’ bulk data interception could breach EU law.
Bird & Bird LLP | European Union | 9 Sep 2021
Advocate General delivers opinion in landmark challenge to the new Copyright Directive in the Court of Justice of the European Union
While only four Member States have so far implemented the new EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, on 15 July Advocate General…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, Germany | 3 Sep 2021
German energy law violates European law - European Court clarified the term of a vertical integrated undertaking and decided that the Federal Network Agency must become more independent
On 2 September 2021, the European Court decided that the German legislator has not implemented correctly requirements of the EU Electricity Directive…
Stevens & Bolton LLP | European Union | 20 Jul 2020
To be liable or not to be liable - can online platform operators such as YouTube be directly liable for user-uploaded content?
On 16 July 2020, Advocate General (AG) Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered his much-anticipated opinion to the Court of Justice (CJEU) concerning the…
Sidley Austin LLP | European Union | 1 Jul 2020
Legality of Patent Settlement Agreements: The Jury’s Still Out
On June 4, 2020, Advocate General (AG) Juliane Kokott issued her opinion in the Lundbeck case (Case C-591/16 P) involving patent settlement…
