Tuesday, 28 July 2015

EDPS's data protection recommendations: "Europe's big opportunity"

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Yesterday the European Data Protection Supervisor published his recommendations on the EU's options for data protection reform - Opinio...

The end to roaming charges as we know them... or is it?

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On July 15 the European Parliament's industry committee approved the deal reached between the Commission and the Council on when to end...

Conference: General Principles of Law: European and Comparative Perspectives

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The Institute of European and Comparative Law organizes a conference on General Principles of Law: European and Comparative Perspectives, c...
Thursday, 16 July 2015

Sono Italiano? - CJEU in UNIC and UNI.CO.PEL (C-95/14)

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16 July 2015: CJEU in UNIC and UNI.CO.PEL ( C-95/14 ) Not surprisingly, the CJEU followed the AG's opinion in this case ( Italian l...
Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Reading tip: Guardian article on Google "right to be forgotten" requests

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Our readers will remember that since last year's ECJ decision in Google Spain , it is possible for individuals who think certain infor...
Monday, 13 July 2015

Salt water as cure for anything - AG Jääsikinen in Neptune Distribution (C-157/14)

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9 July 2015: opinion AG Jääsikinen in Neptune Distribution ( C-157/14 ) Marketing of natural mineral water is specially regulated by th...

Modification or execution of the contract? Price indexation terms before the Court of Justice (AG opinion in C‑326/14)

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While legislative harmonisation of private law in Europe has seemingly been put on hold for the time being, existing European measures do ...
Friday, 10 July 2015

Unfair terms and the rights of co-debtors as consumers: Bocura v Bancpost (C-348-14)

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In a decision published yesterday, the ECJ clarified and reaffirmed a few points concerning the relationship between the information dutie...
Thursday, 2 July 2015

1:0 for Goliath - short update

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Regarding the collective action against Facebook's data protection laws initiated by Max Schrems that we discussed previously the Regio...
Thursday, 25 June 2015

Notary public warns against unfair contract terms - AG Cruz Villalón in C-32/14 (Erste Bank Hungary)

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25 June 2015: opinion AG Cruz Villalón in case C-32/14 ( Erste Bank Hungary ) Due to the importance of the mortgage agreements in most ...