by Philippe Vlaemminck | Feb 15, 2019 | EU regulatory & Litigation
By Philippe Vlaemminck and Lidia Dutkiewicz EU Regulatory On 29 January 2019, the Advocate General Bot delivered his Opinion in Avis 1/17, initiated by the Kingdom of Belgium. In this much-anticipated opinion, AG Bot considers that the mechanism for the settlement of...
by Philippe Vlaemminck | Jan 14, 2019 | EU regulatory & Litigation
By Philippe Vlaemminck, Lidia Dutkiewicz & Justine Van den Bon On 10 January, Advocate General Szpunar issued his Opinion in Case C-507/17, Google v CNIL, on the territorial scope of a so-called “right to be forgotten”. According to the AG, the fundamental right...
by Philippe Vlaemminck | Dec 11, 2018 | EU regulatory & Litigation
By Philippe Vlaemminck & Lidia Dutkiewicz On 10 December 2018, the CJEU ruled that, when a Member State has notified the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the EU, as the UK has done, that Member State is free to revoke unilaterally that...
by Philippe Vlaemminck | Dec 6, 2018 | EU regulatory & Litigation
By Philippe Vlaemminck & Lidia Dutkiewicz On 4 December 2018, Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona issued his opinion in Case C-621/18 Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. The AG proposes that the CJEU declares that Article...
by Philippe Vlaemminck | Dec 3, 2018 | EU regulatory & Litigation
By Jenna Auwerx & Lidia Dutkiewicz On 27 November 2018, the hearing on reversibility of Article 50 TEU took place in the CJEU (Case C-621/18, Wightman and Others). On 3 October 2018, Scotland’s highest court referred the question to the CJEU on whether EU...
by Philippe Vlaemminck | Jun 7, 2018 | EU regulatory & Litigation
By Philippe Vlaemminck, Justine Van den Bon & Lidia Dutkiewicz On June 5, 2018, the CJEU ruled that the administrator of a fan page on Facebook is jointly responsible with Facebook for the processing of data of visitors to that page (case C-210/16). The ruling has...