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 cross-border trade in the 28-nation bloc. – A move that may lead to antitrust actions against companies which deliberately block online sales. Online retailers face an…
Various countries and their compliance-enforcing agencies request that companies have “adequate” compliance programs and organizations. But what does…
Boston Scientific Medizintechnik GmbH v AOK Sachsen-Anhalt – Die Gesundheitskasse. Joined Cases C-503/13 and C-504/13 This is a…
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 Union regarding the interpretation of the “article” concept under REACH Regulation (1907/2006/EC). The case was referred to the Court from the French Conseil d’État in early…
In late 2014, the trade associations for the Med-Tech and Diagnostics industries in Europe have recommended phasing out…
At today’s meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council (“FAC”), the EU reiterated its readiness to designate “spoilers of the…
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 rules which are expected to be formally finalized next year in the fourth anti-money laundering directive. The rules agreed on are aimed at making questionable deals…
Baker & McKenzie has released its first global client survey on Social Media. Based on the responses from international…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on December 2, 2014 released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery…
On 3 December 2014, Transparency International (“TI”) launched its latest Corruption Perceptions Index (“CPI”) 2014. The CPI ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. In this latest CPI, 175 countries are included. Significance of the CPI The CPI Index was established in 1995 as a…