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EU Charges Amazon with Misuse of Data
November 12, 2020
Following an inquiry which included the procurement of a massive data set from Amazon, European Union regulators filed antitrust charges against the company, saying the online retail giant broke competition laws by using its access to data from companies that sell products on its platform to gain an unfair advantage over them.
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200 French Lawyers Sign Open Letter to Protest Lockdown
November 11, 2020
In a letter originally published in "Le Journal du Dimanche and re-published in The Spectator, 200 french lawyers express their objection to the French government's new mandatory lockdown of society, highlighting that health is 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity'.
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EU Funds to be Cut for Breach of Rule of Law
November 11, 2020
Negotiators from the European Parliament and the German EU presidency agreed on a mechanism that allows suspending or cutting EU funds if a member state breaches the bloc's rule of law.
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CJEU Clarifies Rules for State Surveillance
November 11, 2020
The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") in an October decision, held that the national security laws of the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium, which require that providers of electronic communications services ("ECS") must retain traffic and location data on a general and indiscriminate basis, contravene EU law.
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Hungary Ignores EU Warning over Domestic Legislation
November 09, 2020
Hungary continues to apply domestic legislation concerning foreign-funded NGO's despite a recent ruling by the EU Commission calling on Hungary to fall in line with European Union rules.
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