Legal Project Manager at the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA)
The announcement at hand concerns all 27 Member States and 11 EU Directives in the fields of environment, financial stability, financial services and capital markets union, justice, taxation, mobility and transport, with Member States now having two months to reply and complete the transpositions.
This In Practice article is a thought experiment on the future of legal services. Technology is changing and changing us. It will have implications for the work of lawyers. Our natural assumption is that if change is incremental, it is not radical.
The initiative, set to be unveiled next week, proposes reducing reporting obligations by 25% for private companies and 35% for SMEs.
Signed into law in April 2024, the legislation requires TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to divest its ownership to non-“foreign adversary” entities or cease operations entirely. ByteDance, headquartered in China, has so far failed to meet these conditions.
The Anti-Forced Labor Regulation is a law passed by Brussels without gaining much public attention but has far-reaching consequences. Goods produced with forced labour are expected to be banned in the European Union by 2028 at the latest
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The impact of generative AI on legal work is profound and enduring. Much like the Cambrian explosion—a pivotal period in evolutionary history that led to the rapid diversification of life—generative AI represents a major evolutionary leap in technology. Its applications are becoming ubiquitous, inte
As a result of the implementation of the EU Representative Actions Directive (“RAD”) and the arrival of plaintiff lawyers and profit-seeking litigation funders in Europe, class actions in both the EU and the UK are now taking off. At the same time, several legislative acts that aim to protect consum
On 18 July, the now-re-elected President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, unveiled comprehensive proposal and vision for her 2024-2029 tenure, titled Europe’s Choice.
The European Commission has been conducting thorough investigations into the state aid measures provided to Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air France-KLM Group to ensure their compliance with EU State aid rules
This move marks the latest development in the EU’s ongoing scrutiny of Microsoft’s market practices, particularly concerning its software bundling strategies, one which has ongoing for the better part of two decades.