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Article: GDPR May Drive up Litigation over Data Use
May 10, 2018
An article in The Economist indicates that the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), set to enter force at the end of May, will likely spur Europeans to rely increasingly on litigation to require internet companies to inform them about the personal data these companies have collected and the ways in which they use it.
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Barrister: UK Must Avoid ECJ Jurisdiction After Brexit
May 09, 2018
UK barrister Gunnar Beck opposes EU calls for the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) to adjudicate cases involving UK-EU treaty rights after the completion of the Brexit process as unprecedented and "bizarre," particularly in light of the ECJ's consistent pro-EU integration approach to its jurisprudence.
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Polish Official Seeks EU Intervention over Judicial Changes
May 09, 2018
Polish ombudsman Adam Bodnar writes that the EU institutions must "save Poland from darkness" in light of the government's overhaul of the judicial system by using tools granted to them under EU treaties to force the country's governing party to reverse its policies on the judiciary.
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Facebook Plans to Apply EU Data Standards Globally
May 09, 2018
Politico reports that Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced his company will apply the EU's new data privacy standards, set to enter into force in late May, to all users through settings applicable to the tech giant's global online network.
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EU Bodies Advance Emissions Reporting for Large Vehicles
May 09, 2018
The European Commission recently welcomed an agreement between the European Parliament and Council on EU-wide legislation regulating the reporting of data, from EU member states and manufacturers, on the carbon emissions of heavy-duty vehicles in the region, as part of the EU's drive to fulfill the UN climate goals agreed in Paris in 2015.
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