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...
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Duke Law Professor, Nita Farahany, provides an insightful perspective on legal issues raised by the new COVID-19 vaccines. Even if people...
Pandemics and earthquakes each have the ability to spread destruction. The shockwaves of an earthquake can trigger a tsunami that engulfs...
Worthwhile read from KHN on how the COVID-19 pandemic has eroded our public health infrastructure. 24 states have written legislation to...
The EU is working on several mandatory supply chain due diligence schemes. After the conflict minerals regulation (gold, tantalum,...
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Great discussion in our virtual data date today. Most important: (i) Ever evolving: Employee rights and covid-19 measures, e.g., instant...
In a December 4, 2020 opinion, the Ninth Circuit rebuffed a putative class representative’s efforts to establish Article III standing...
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Read our Germany tech and data law update for autumn 2020. Not all is about Schrems II and data transfers... Enjoy!
The MAIB has published the report into the Karina C accident which has found several contributing factors to the second officer's death. ...
Earlier this week, the European Commission unveiled its Action Plan on Intellectual Property. The focus is clearly on European patents...
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...
Following the recent reports of successful COVID-19 vaccine trials it seems increasingly likely that a viable vaccine will be available...
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The CJEU has delivered another judgment to remind us that pre-ticked boxes do not constitute valid consent under the GDPR. To be valid,...
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Investigations by the the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) have quickly become one of the most existential...
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Following the famous Schrems II ruling ('famous' if you are all-consumed in data protection at least!), the EU courts have told us that...
We've seen unprecedented investment into esports recently. The introduction of social distancing measures around the world and multiple...