In an Opinion delivered on 3 May 2018 in case C-207/16 Ministerio Fiscal, the Advocate General proposed that criminal offences that are not particularly serious may justify in certain cases disclosure of electronic communications metadata. / read more

On 16 May 2018, the EU General Court ruled that an appeal by Netflix against a Commission decision - finding the conditional extension of liability for a German levy to video on demand services established outside Germany, but receiving revenue from customers in Germany through an internet presence offering content in the German language, is compatible with the internal market - was inadmissible¹. / read more

The Court of Appeal of British Columbia issued its decision in British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Brecknell on 9 January 2018, which could have implications on the exposure of non-Canadian online businesses to production orders issued by Canadian courts. / read more

Advocate General Bot issued an Opinion in Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein v. Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein GmbH, in the presence of Facebook Ireland Ltd¹, which is pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’). / read more

Advocate General Bobek issued his Opinion on the referral from an Estonia court, finding that a company alleging defamation can take legal action in the country where it has its centre of interests, for all damage claimed. / read more

In its judgment of 4 May 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) verified whether a general ban on advertising for Belgian dentists is in line with European Union law. In its judgment, the CJEU rejected an absolute ban but did not object to national or deontological rules that impose restrictions on advertising. The judgment is important for many liberal professions, including doctors, lawyers, architects, notaries, etc. / read more

Advocate General Szpunar issued his Opinion on a referral from a Spanish court, finding that Uber is a taxi company; if followed by the CJEU, the Opinion will have wider ramifications for the sharing economy. / read more

In a landmark judgment the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) followed the Attorney General’s opinion in ruling that the EU-US Safe Harbor cross-border data transfer mechanism that had served trans-Atlantic trade for the past 15 years is invalid. / read more

The General Court dismissed both cases regarding whether the Danish Gambling Duties Act is in accordance with EU rules on State Aid. / read more

In a case involving the infringement of the general right to personality via statements on a web portal, the court’s decision has strengthened anonymity online by finding that the portal provider has no obligation to disclose the infringing user’s identity. / read more