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EU Leaders Agree to "Emergency Brake" on Benefits
December 22, 2015
The Telegraph reports that at a recent meeting with leaders from EU institutions and member states, UK Prime Minister David Cameron secured an agreement under which the UK would be permitted to deny benefits to migrants from other EU countries if it can show the European Commission that these benefits are straining British public services.
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Companies Will Deal with "Huge Reach" of EU Data Rules
December 22, 2015
The Wall Street Journal describes provisions from recently agreed EU data privacy regulations, including the expansion of the "right to be forgotten," heightened sanctions for data-privacy violations, and a "pan-European board of regulators," asserting that the rules will produce a "stricter and untested legal regime."
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ECJ Overturns Airline Cartel Decision
December 21, 2015
Finding that the decision was "not entirely internally consistent," the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") has overturned a large fine imposed on a set of airlines in 2010 by the European Commission for alleged collusion in passing on fuel and security costs to consumers.
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Critics: Russian ECtHR Law Violates Constitution
December 21, 2015
Critics of recent legislation empowering the Russian Constitutional Court to determine whether a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") will take effect argue that the law may lead to the country's departure from the 47-member-state Council of Europe and may violate the country's own constitution.
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EU Data Protection Deal Concerns Tech Companies
December 21, 2015
POLITICO reports that internet and other technological companies are opposing an agreement on a data-protection package among EU institutions that provides for stiff penalties in cases of failing to meet EU standards and expands consumers' so-called "right to be forgotten" online.
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