Europe

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit by Google under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission is concerned that the proposed transaction would further entrench Google's market position in the online advertising markets

A former Nazi concentration camp guard has been found guilty of complicity in the murder of more than 5,000 prisoners.

The Privacy Shield agreement governing the transfer of personal data between the EU and the United States has been struck down by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In a landmark ruling, the court said there are insufficient safeguards on EU citizens' personal data in the US because

The appropriate 'case weighting system' for particular judicial systems is the subject of a new report from the Council of Europe. The working group on judicial time management of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) takes stock of the internal management system aimed at ass

Spaniards who work from home will be given the right to suggest their working hours and to claim teleworking expenses from their employer, under a new bill. The country's Ministry of Labour has introduced the draft legislation for employees who work from home, El País reports.

A "high degree of convergence" in data protection law between the UK and the EU is important for their future relationship, a new report published by the European Commission has said. The two-year review of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has found that it has met most of its objective

The General Court of the European Union has sided with Louis Vuitton in a long-running dispute over its canvas chequerboard print, The Fashion Law reports. The mark had been registered in 2008 with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) but in 2015 it was challenged by an individual

The European Commission has opened two formal competition investigations into Apple in relation to its App Store and Apple Pay. The App Store investigation will examine restrictions imposed by Apple in its agreements with companies that wish to distribute apps to users of Apple devices.

Palestine solidarity campaigners who were convicted and fined for promoting a boycott of Israeli products suffered a violation of their human rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In today's Chamber judgment, only available in French, the court held unanimously that there had

Patrick Penninckx, head of the information society department at the Council of Europe, conducted a webinar entitled Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights this week. It was organised by the European Law Students Association (ELSA) as part of a series of webinars on law and technology. The sp

Further concerns have been raised about the independence of the judiciary in Poland after a judge linked to the ruling right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party was appointed head of the Supreme Court. Małgorzata Manowska, a 55-year-old judge who briefly served as a deputy justice minister in a PiS-le

Volkswagen must reimburse motorists who bought vehicles fitted with "defeat devices" designed to cheat emissions tests, Germany's highest civil court has ruled. The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe yesterday handed down its ruling in a test case brought by Herbert Gilbert, who bought a second-h

A woman has been ordered to remove photos of her grandchildren from her social media accounts after a judge ruled that the matter was covered by the GPDR. The children's mother launched legal proceedings in the Dutch city of Arnhem after her own mother, with whom her relationship broke down a year a

A lawyer who resigned from the Maltese prosecutor's office to take up a position defending the businessman accused of ordering a journalist's murder is facing calls for an investigation. The family of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have submitted a complaint to the legal regulator after l

A British member of the Court of Justice of the European Union is suing her judicial colleagues after they attempted to sack her on the basis the UK has left the EU, The Critic reports. Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston QC has launched a claim in another of the EU courts after the EU issued a decla