EU Launches Antitrust Review of Online Practices and Legislative Overhaul of Digital Business Models
The European Commission's Digital Single Market ("DSM") agenda was launched on May 6, 2015 combining a wide ranging antitrust inquiry with a series of...
5 Essential Elements of Corporate Compliance – A Global Template
Effectively managing corporate compliance efforts in today's regulatory environment--preventing corporate officers and employee from engaging in illegal practices, while also addressing a wide array...
Compliance Benchmark: Quantifying the Fundamentals
Various countries and their compliance-enforcing agencies request that companies have "adequate" compliance programs and organizations. But what does that mean? One option to determine...
EU Commission to open extensive probe into e-commerce market
European Union regulators plan to open a year-long extensive investigation into e-commerce as part of their efforts to remove online sales barriers and boost...
European Court of Justice: “Defect” and Recoverable Damages – Implications for Manufacturers
Boston Scientific Medizintechnik GmbH v AOK Sachsen-Anhalt - Die Gesundheitskasse. Joined Cases C-503/13 and C-504/13 This is a rare example of a major...
EU: Update on the REACH “article in article” debate
On 12 February 2015, Advocate General (AG) Kokott published her non-binding opinion in a preliminary ruling referred to the Court of Justice of the European...
MedTech Europe recommends phasing out conference sponsorship for Healthcare Professionals by 2018
In late 2014, the trade associations for the Med-Tech and Diagnostics industries in Europe have recommended phasing out by 1 January 2018 all direct...
EU Foreign Affairs Council reaffirms willingness to strengthen Libyan sanctions
At today's meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council ("FAC"), the EU reiterated its readiness to designate "spoilers of the dialogue process in line with the...
EU to counter money laundering – company owners required to be listed on national...
On December 17, 2014, EU law makers within the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have reached political consensus on tougher anti-money laundering...
Spanish Supreme Court’s judgment on pharma company’s dual pricing system
The Spanish Supreme Court has adopted a judgment in December establishing that dual pricing systems in the pharma sector may fall under the prohibition...