Today, October 18, is the deadline for EU Member States to start to apply the EU cybersecurity law “NIS2” under national laws. NIS2 builds on requirements under the prior NIS Directive. See our post on the Inside Privacy blog to
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The Nagoya Protocol at Its 10th Anniversary: Lessons Learned and New Challenges from ‘Access and Benefit-Sharing’
October 12, 2024, marks the 10-year anniversary of entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair Benefit-Sharing from their Utilization (“ABS”). This additional treaty to the Convention on Biological Diversity (“CBD”) has now been…
FTC and DOJ Announce Final Rule Reshaping HSR Filing Requirements
On October 10, 2024, the federal antitrust agencies finalized the most significant changes to the U.S. merger notification regime since the enactment of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Act in 1976. The Final Rule—which was issued by the U.S. Federal Trade…
EU Commission Publishes Report Assessing EU Consumer Laws and Paves Way for New and Stronger EU Consumer Law for the Digital Space
On October 3, 2024, the European Commission published a report evaluating the effectiveness of existing EU consumer protection laws in protecting consumers in the digital space. More specifically, the report assesses the effectiveness of the following three consumer protection laws:…
California Passes Law to Protect Minors from “Addictive Feeds”
On September 20, 2024, California Governor Newsom signed into law SB 976, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act (the “Act”). The Act defines and prohibits an “addictive internet-based service or platform” from providing an “addictive feed”…
California Enacts Health AI Bill and Protections for Neural Data
Impact of Brazil’s Local Elections on Businesses
California Joins Growing List of States Prohibiting Employer Action Against Employees Who Refuse Political or Religious Communications
On Friday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 399, the “California Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act” (the “Act”) that should be of interest to any company with employees in the state. The Act, which takes effect on January…
What to expect from the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (and when)
The UK Government has announced that it intends to introduce the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (the “Bill”) to Parliament in 2025. Formally proposed as part of the King’s Speech in July, this Bill is intended to strengthen the UK’s…
New Commissioner, New Mission, New Policy for Competition?
What are the key take-aways of the mission letter to Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, EVP-designate responsible for EU competition policy?
On 17 September 2024, European Commission (“Commission”) President Ursula von der Leyen (“President”), announced her proposed College of Commissioners (“College”) for…