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Dec 24, 2020 Big Data and Great Lawyers By Rick Robinson My partner, Sarah Cummings, knocks it out of the ballpark in this interview explaining why and how lawyers must be the masters of the big...
Dec 22, 2020 Can we condition societal benefits on proof of vaccination? By Rick Robinson Duke Law Professor, Nita Farahany, provides an insightful perspective on legal issues raised by the new COVID-19 vaccines. Even if people...
Dec 22, 2020 The COVID vaccines cannot wipe away the economic damage of the pandemic By Michael J. Venditto Pandemics and earthquakes each have the ability to spread destruction. The shockwaves of an earthquake can trigger a tsunami that engulfs...
Dec 15, 2020 The Erosion of Public Health Powers By Scot T. Hasselman Worthwhile read from KHN on how the COVID-19 pandemic has eroded our public health infrastructure. 24 states have written legislation to...
Dec 11, 2020 The EU is working on mandatory supply chain due diligence, to fight against human rights and environmental violations By Yves Melin The EU is working on several mandatory supply chain due diligence schemes. After the conflict minerals regulation (gold, tantalum,...
Dec 11, 2020 Reed Smith Data Date (Germany) on Schrems II and other topics today By Andy Splittgerber Great discussion in our virtual data date today. Most important: (i) Ever evolving: Employee rights and covid-19 measures, e.g., instant...
Dec 08, 2020 Ninth Circuit Rejects “Novel” Claim of Economic Injury Based on Overpayment in Putative Consumer Class Action By Terence Hawley In a December 4, 2020 opinion, the Ninth Circuit rebuffed a putative class representative’s efforts to establish Article III standing...
Dec 02, 2020 Tech and Data Newsletter Germany By Andy Splittgerber Read our Germany tech and data law update for autumn 2020. Not all is about Schrems II and data transfers... Enjoy!
Nov 30, 2020 Failures in following the SMS led to fatal accident By Voirrey Blount The MAIB has published the report into the Karina C accident which has found several contributing factors to the second officer's death....
Nov 27, 2020 Is A17 a lex specialis? By Sophie Goossens Earlier this week, the European Commission unveiled its Action Plan on Intellectual Property. The focus is clearly on European patents...
Nov 26, 2020 datarologie is a go! By Tom Gates We are very excited to announce the launch of datarologie today! What is datarologie, I hear you cry? It's a combination of loads of...
Nov 24, 2020 Key worker status for seafarers to assist industry By Voirrey Blount Following the recent reports of successful COVID-19 vaccine trials it seems increasingly likely that a viable vaccine will be available...
Nov 20, 2020 Another example of pre-ticked boxes failing to meet the standard for valid consent By Sarah O'Brien The CJEU has delivered another judgment to remind us that pre-ticked boxes do not constitute valid consent under the GDPR. To be valid,...
Nov 19, 2020 Mike Tyson provides sage advice for defending national security investigations by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States By Gerard Stegmaier Investigations by the the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) have quickly become one of the most existential...
Nov 19, 2020 So what do we mean by supplemental measures to protect data transfers? By Sarah O'Brien Following the famous Schrems II ruling ('famous' if you are all-consumed in data protection at least!), the EU courts have told us that...
Nov 16, 2020 The pandemic-fuelled esports boom: legal and regulatory considerations for investors By Hunter Thomson We've seen unprecedented investment into esports recently. The introduction of social distancing measures around the world and multiple...