Following an <a earlier call on this blog, the Civil Justice Conversations Series organised by the <a European Civil Justice Centre will kick off on 11 September at 10 am CEST. At this first session Benedikt Schmitz (Assistant Professor of
Dutch DPA Fines Uber Over Automated Decisions Affecting Drivers
On August 21, 2026, the Dutch Data Protection Authority announced that it had fined Uber €824,990,000 for infringing the rules on solely automated decision-making under the EU GDPR.Continue Reading ›
MEPs vote for clearer, simpler sustainable finance disclosure rules
On 10 September 2026, the European Parliament reported that the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee had reached a broad compromise on the proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (SFDR), Regulation
X v OKX Europe and Aux Cayes Fintech. Rotterdam court distinguishes CJEU Universal Music in the case of an individual, with a view to guaranteeing access to justice.
If you do use the blog for research or database purposes, let alone for practice purposes, citation would be appreciated, to the blog as a whole and /or to specific blog posts. Many have suggested I should turn the blog
Speaking for the Dead: Idziski and the Forum for Post-Mortem Likeness Claims
by Marta Liduma, LLB candidate in International and European Law, University of Groningen
A Dutch actor dies in March. By April, his likeness starts to appear widely. Generated videos show him promoting a supplement, and one clip ends with a
Help, I'm in debt
Debt problems in the Netherlands are rising, while only a small group of people with debts actually seek out help. What can municipalities do to make it easier to ask for help?
Municipalities in the Netherlands currently place the responsibility
Virtual Workshop (in English) on September 8, 2026: Xandra Kramer on “Cross-Border Collective Litigation in Tech Cases: Is the European Framework up to the Challenge?”
On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, the <a Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host its monthly virtual workshop <a Current Research in Private International Law at 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CEST).
Xandra Kramer (<a Erasmus University Rotterdam & Utrecht University
A Focus On Pakistan & Nepal
This post highlights FCPA enforcement actions concerning conduct (in whole or in part) in Pakistan and Nepal.
United Technologies (2018)
The enforcement action concerned conduct in Russia, Azerbaijani, China, Kuwait, South Korea, Pakistan, Thailand, and Indonesia.
As to Pakistan, the
Provision of Personnel (Accreditation) Act: Mandatory Accreditation for Staffing Agencies
The Provision of Personnel (Accreditation) Act (Wet toelating terbeschikkingstelling van arbeidskrachten) was published in the Official Gazette (Staatsblad) in 2024 and introduces a mandatory accreditation system for all businesses that supply workers to third parties in the Netherlands. The mandatory
Greater Security for Flexible Workers Act
On 7 July 2026, the Dutch Senate adopted the Greater Security for Flexible Workers Act (Wet meer zekerheid flexwerkers), one of the key legislative reforms stemming from the Dutch labour market reform agenda. The legislation aims to reduce job insecurity