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EU Charges Google with Antitrust Violations
April 20, 2016
Politico reports that, in the latest legal feud between the EU and an American tech giant, the European Commission has announced that it has charged Google with antitrust violations stemming from the apps the Commission says Google requires manufacturers to install on the company's Android operating system.
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Russian Court's Rejection of ECtHR Ruling Seeks "Compromise"
April 20, 2016
The Russian Constitutional Court has held that, although it would be impossible to fully enforce a European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") decision finding that a blanket ban in Russia on prisoner voting violates human rights, the Court would be open to a "compromise" with the ECtHR on granting votes to prisoners who have committed minor crimes.
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EU Data Official Lauds "Digital Rights" Resolution
April 20, 2016
European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli has praised the European Parliament for its adoption of the "landmark" General Data Protection Regulation, which provides centralized rules for the rights of citizens in the EU to data privacy and the obligations of the private sector to respect "digital rights."
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EU Considers Visa Retaliation Against US, Canada
April 20, 2016
The European Commission is calling on the European Parliament and Council to develop positions on whether to retaliate against the US and Canada for requiring citizens of certain EU countries to acquire visas when traveling in those countries by exempting visa exemptions for US and Canadian citizens across the bloc.
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MEPs Call for EU Tax "Crackdown"
April 20, 2016
In a recent debate, Members of the European Parliament ("MEPs") called on the European Commission to clamp down on "tax and secrecy havens" in light of the revelations from the so-called Panama Papers that European individuals and businesses have been using such havens to store large amounts of wealth.
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