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DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 30 Nov 2020
In two recent judgments regarding the application of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (“FOI Act”), the Supreme Court has ruled that public bodies…
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Clayton Utz | Australia | 12 Nov 2020
The question of whether a request will both substantially and unreasonably divert the resources of an agency depends on a range of factors, including…
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A&L Goodbody | Ireland | 11 Nov 2020
On Friday, 25 September 2020, the Supreme Court delivered judgment in two appeals (the Appeals)1 which considered the statutory presumption…
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Bird & Bird LLP | Poland | 7 Jul 2020
This is the 7th in a series of articles written by members of our International Trade Secrets Group, highlighting points of note regarding the…
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McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 28 Apr 2020
The Virginia General Assembly recently authorized public bodies — including local boards and commissions — to meet electronically during the state of…
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McDermott Will & Emery | European Union, Germany | 24 Feb 2020
The German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) recently announced a public consultation process regarding…
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Covington & Burling LLP | European Union, Germany | 11 Feb 2020
On February 10, 2020, Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) launched its first public consultation…
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Maddocks | Australia | 23 Jul 2019
For more than 50 years, section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914 criminalised the disclosure of confidential information without authorisation by current and…
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MLT Aikins LLP | Canada | 22 Jul 2019
Technology is rapidly advancing and more and more people rely on it for daily activities - this has led to an exponential increase in the collection…
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Blaney McMurtry LLP | Canada, USA | 12 Apr 2019
In Gendron v. Doug C. Thompson Ltd. (Thompson Fuels), the Court considered a number of issues, including negligence, the apportionment of liability…