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District of Columbia v. Facebook: General Consumer Protection Statute can serve as vehicle for state attorney general seeking redress for data privacy violations

By Israel Group on June 24, 2019

On May 31, 2019, the District of Columbia Superior Court rejected Facebook’s request to dismiss data privacy litigation brought by the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General based on its alleged role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, concluding that the DC Superior Court had jurisdiction over the case and the complaint sufficiently alleged violations of the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA). The order demonstrates that general state consumer protection statutes…

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Corporate reorganizations in the US, Belgium and Luxembourg: What should you be considering?

By Israel Group on June 19, 2019

In the second edition of ‘Getting the Deal Through’ Q&A comparative series, we look at the key points which should be considered when thinking about corporate reorganisation, taken from our US, Belgium and Luxembourg chapters. Click here to read more. Read the full chapters for the US, Belgium and Luxembourg, written by our international Corporate Reorganisations group for further tips and guidance. A delegation of partners from our Luxembourg office will be in…

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Transfer Pricing Challenges of the Digital Economy

By Israel Group on June 17, 2019

Speakers @ Transfer Pricing Conference June 2019

Lewis J. Greenwald (Partner) and Naftali Z. Dembitzer (Of Counsel) from DLA Piper‘s New York office, presented at a tax conference that was held on June 12, 2019 at the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel. Lewis and Naftali spoke about “Transfer Pricing Challenges of the Digital Economy”, focusing on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) recent proposals regarding taxation in the digital economy and its implications, as well as US Federal…

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Event: THE EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT

By Israel Group on June 16, 2019

Technology for the 2020s: The next frontier Register for our upcoming European tech summit for valuable insights from the business leaders and key figures who help shape the regulatory and financial landscape. The event will take place on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, in London, click here for more information. …

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Nevada colors within the lines of CCPA, offering a do not sell right for covered information

By Israel Group on June 13, 2019

Nevada’s recently enacted SB 220 builds upon its existing online privacy notice regime by allowing consumers to opt out of the sale of their covered information when the law takes effect on October 1, 2019. Although the law, enacted on May 29, was initially met with some panic by affected businesses, its main change to the existing fabric of state privacy laws is to require implementing a “do not sell” request address within a little…

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Foreign real estate investments in Germany – unlimited opportunities?

By Israel Group on June 11, 2019

Fabian Mühlen and Julius Warda highlight the opportunities available for foreign investors seeking to profit from the real estate market in Germany, and the legal requirements and procedures that must be followed in order for them to do so. Click here to read more. …

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China Passes Foreign Investment Law

By Israel Group on June 5, 2019

By Qiang Li, Stewart Wang & Michael Huang In the face of a grueling trade and technology war with the US, China is trying to find new ways to galvanize its own economy. One strategy is to attract more foreign investment and give foreign investors the so-called “national treatment”. The newly promulgated “Foreign Investment Law” is a major step in that direction. Israeli companies that are exploring “Made in China for China (maybe as…

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Event: Transfer Pricing Challenges of the Digital Economy

By Israel Group on June 1, 2019

Please join us on June 12 for a Transfer Pricing event featuring our colleagues Lewis Greenwald and Naftali Dembitzer, from our New York office. Click here to register. …

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Finance and Markets Global Insight – Issue 16, 2019

By Israel Group on May 30, 2019

Welcome to our latest edition of FMGI which picks out some of the issues the industry has been grappling with through the first part of the year. As ever, regulatory change, technology and modernisation of financial systems play a big role and we have attempted to pick out a few areas that may be of particular interest. Please do let us know if there are specific topics you would like us to address that impact…

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Technology and disruption in the insurance sector: 2019 and beyond

By Israel Group on May 27, 2019

The past decade has seen disruption become a key catchphrase in business, politics and public thought, as the impact of disruption spreads across economies. While this disruption may manifest as new business models, and the upending of old ones, it is technology that is enabling all of this change. The insurance sector is being particularly affected by disruption. Smartphones have created a new means of distributing insurance products and lodging claims. The vast amounts of…

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District of Columbia v. Facebook: General Consumer Protection Statute can serve as vehicle for state attorney general seeking redress for data privacy violations

Corporate reorganizations in the US, Belgium and Luxembourg: What should you be considering?

Transfer Pricing Challenges of the Digital Economy

Event: THE EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT

Nevada colors within the lines of CCPA, offering a do not sell right for covered information

Foreign real estate investments in Germany – unlimited opportunities?

China Passes Foreign Investment Law

Event: Transfer Pricing Challenges of the Digital Economy

Finance and Markets Global Insight – Issue 16, 2019

Technology and disruption in the insurance sector: 2019 and beyond

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