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The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – Friday, January 15, 2021

By Sebastian Vos

January 15, 2021

Next week will be plenary week in the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) will gather virtually and in person in Brussels. Several interesting votes and debates are scheduled to take place. On Monday, MEPs will debate and vote (Tuesday) on a report on strengthening the EU’s capabilities to enforce its rights under international trade agreements and within WTO context. The report details the Parliament’s legislative position regarding the revision of Regulation (EU)…

Inside Privacy

Irish DPC publishes draft Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing

By Dan Cooper, Sam Jungyun Choi, Shona O'Donovan & Stacy Young

January 15, 2021

On December 18, 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) published its draft Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing (the “Fundamentals”). The Fundamentals introduce child-specific data protection principles and measures, which are designed to protect children against data processing risks when they access services, both online and off-line. The DPC notes that all organizations collecting and processing children’s data should comply with the Fundamentals. The Fundamentals are open for public consultation until March…

Inside Privacy

FTC Remedial Power Under Scrutiny at U.S. Supreme Court

By John Graubert & Laura Kim

January 15, 2021

On Wednesday, January 13, the Supreme Court heard arguments in AMG Capital Management LLC v. Federal Trade Commission. This case raises the question whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been properly using Section 13(b) of the FTC Act, the provision authorizing requests for preliminary and permanent injunctions where the FTC believes the defendant “is violating, or is about to violate, any provision of law enforced by the Federal Trade Commission,” to obtain monetary relief…

Inside EU Life Sciences

Belgium Amends Compassionate Use and Medical Need Program Rules to Expand Access

By Bart Van Vooren, Rosa Oyarzabal & Léna Beley

January 15, 2021

On 13 December 2020, Belgium amended its rules regarding compassionate use and medical need programs to confirm that authorized programs can continue to operate after the marketing authorization for the concerned product has been granted but while the decision on reimbursement is still pending. The Law of 25 March 1964 (“Medicines Law”) regulates the use of medicinal products that have not (yet) received a marketing authorization (“compassionate use”, “CU”) and for off-label use (“medical need”,…

Inside Political Law

FEC Reconvenes: What We Learned from the First Meeting of the New FEC

By Robert Lenhard

January 15, 2021

With a full complement of six commissioners for the first time since early 2017, the FEC met in open session yesterday. Led by FEC Chair Shana M. Broussard and Vice Chair Allen Dickerson, the first meeting addressed a number of non-controversial matters that lent themselves to consensus. That said, there were several interesting features to the meeting. Chair Broussard’s Goals: In addition to reducing a significant backlog of almost 450 enforcement matters, with an emphasis…

Inside EU Life Sciences

Proposed New EU Cyber Rules Introduce More Onerous Requirements and Extend to More Sectors

By Mark Young

January 15, 2021

In addition to releasing the new EU Cybersecurity Strategy before the holidays (see our post here), the Commission published a revised Directive on measures for high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (“NIS2”) and a Directive on the resilience of critical entities (“Critical Entities Resilience Directive”). In this blog post, we summarize key points relating to NIS2, including more onerous security and incident reporting requirements; extending requirements to companies in the food, pharma,…

Global Policy Watch

Key Changes to House Rules for the 117th Congress

By Brendan Parets & Muftiah M. McCartin

January 15, 2021

On January 4, 2021, the narrowed Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed, in a party-line vote, a set of rules governing the House for the 117th Congress. While the House, unlike the Senate, has to approve its rules every Congress, the rules stay generally consistent from Congress-to-Congress, with more significant amendments often coming with changed majorities. While Democrats maintain the majority this Congress, the rules package contains some relatively meaningful changes . The…

Inside Privacy

German Federal Government Passed a Draft Law Amending Germany’s Information Technology Laws

By Moritz Hüsch & Anna Oberschelp de Meneses

January 15, 2021

On December 16, 2020, the German Federal Government passed a draft law that substantially amends some of Germany’s information technology laws (“IT laws”). These amendments aim to adapt the current legal framework to the increasing digitalization of products and services, the proliferation of IoT products, and the appearance of new cybersecurity threats. The draft law is expected to be enacted in the German Parliament in the first quarter of 2021.…

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German Federal Government Passed a Draft Law Amending Germany’s Information Technology Laws

By Moritz Hüsch & Anna Oberschelp de Meneses

January 15, 2021

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Proposed New EU Cyber Rules Introduce More Onerous Requirements and Extend to More Sectors

By Mark Young, Paul Maynard & Marianna Drake

January 15, 2021

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The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – Friday, January 15, 2021

Irish DPC publishes draft Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing

FTC Remedial Power Under Scrutiny at U.S. Supreme Court

Belgium Amends Compassionate Use and Medical Need Program Rules to Expand Access

FEC Reconvenes: What We Learned from the First Meeting of the New FEC

Proposed New EU Cyber Rules Introduce More Onerous Requirements and Extend to More Sectors

Key Changes to House Rules for the 117th Congress

German Federal Government Passed a Draft Law Amending Germany’s Information Technology Laws

German Federal Government Passed a Draft Law Amending Germany’s Information Technology Laws

Proposed New EU Cyber Rules Introduce More Onerous Requirements and Extend to More Sectors

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