The substantial gains made by the ruling UK Conservative Party in the general election on 12 December 2019 mean that, barring the unexpected, the UK will leave the EU on
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LIBOR Transition Newsletter – Issue 1
Welcome to Greenberg Traurig’s LIBOR Transition Newsletter, where we provide updates, analysis, and occasional commentary on the latest developments relating to the highly anticipated phasing-out of LIBOR at the end…
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New CJEU Decision on Use of Cookies
On October 1, 2019 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a new judgment on the use of cookies which, under the EU E-Privacy Directive, requires users’…
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EU Limits Territorial Scope of ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ on the Internet
On Sept. 24, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided that the “right to be forgotten” does not require a search engine operator to carry out…
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Brexit: Unlawful Prorogation Means Continued UK Parliament Scrutiny of Brexit Plans
By Gillian Sproul on
In a historic decision issued 24 September 2019, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, acted unlawfully when he advised the Queen to prorogue, or…
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Revised Dutch Code of Civil Procedure: Effective 1 October 2019
By Monisha Sardjoe & Jasper van Gameren on
Introduction
Effective 1 October 2019, the Dutch Code of Civil Procedure (DCCP) will partly be revised. This revision is related to the failed digitalization of the Dutch judicial…
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Brexit: Political Impasse After UK Parliament Votes to Block October 31 No-Deal Departure From EU
By Gillian Sproul on
Our last GT Alert on Brexit quoted the saying, “a week is a long time in politics”. New Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson has found that a mere 72 hours…
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Brexit: Can the Remainers Stop a No-Deal Brexit?
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Brexit has driven fault lines through British politics as seen at no time since the 1680s. Fervent ‘leavers’ and fervent ‘remainers’ can be found in both of the main political…
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CJEU Finds Website Operators Using Social Media Plugins Are Joint Controllers
On July 29, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that a website operator using a social media plugin is a joint controller with…
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Data Centers Stop in Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport Region
By Marijn Bodelier & Rutger Sterk on
The municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer (home to Schiphol Amsterdam Airport) have announced a temporary halt of the realization of new data centers in their region. According to these municipalities,…
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