Dutch Data Protection Authority imposes processing ban on tax authorities
By Anke Holtland, Jacobine van Beijeren The Dutch Data Protection Authority published its decision last week to impose a processing ban on the Minister of Finance for the processing of Citizen Service Numbers ( BSNs ) in VAT identification numbers by the Tax Authorities. Background of the use of BSNs The Tax and Customs Administration is charged with providing VAT […]
Financial regulatory news updates: November 2018
The Financial Regulatory News Updates: an overview in which our Banking and Finance Practice Group highlights recent legislative developments and publications of supervisory authorities in the financial markets.
European Commission fines Guess in its ongoing crusade against geoblocking agreements
By Marc Wiggers, Thomas Verstraeten On 17 December 2018, the European Commission (‘Commission’) announced that it had imposed an antitrust fine of EUR 40 million on clothing company Guess for illegally restricting its resellers from using the Guess brand names and trademarks for the purposes of online search advertising and making cross-border sales of Guess […]
Are you compliant with the new EU Geo-blocking Regulation?
By Stéphanie De Smedt, Alice Boulvain. Aleksandra Sanak The EU Geo-blocking Regulation applies since 3 December 2018. It impacts many businesses that sell their goods and services online or offline across the EU, including companies offering food supplements or (over-the-counter) medicines, who now need to make sure they comply with these new rules.
Is your pension fund ready for IORP II?
By Bas Dieleman, Robin van der Ham, Laurie Kuijpers The Senate adopted the bill for the implementation of Directive 2016/2341 / EU (“IORP II”) yesterday, on 18 December 2018. The intended date for the entry into force of IORP II is 1 January 2019. The implementation of IORP II leads to various changes to the […]
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Law Against Loneliness: 29 May
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The speed read: Leaitherland ousted; Freshfields’ US exits; and do firms need so much floor space?
Firms’ post-pandemic visions are already diverging “We won’t ever go back to how we worked before Covid” – the message from Slater & Gordon, which will leave its current London office for a much smaller one when its lease expires this autumn. The firm will rely much more on remote working in the future. Contrast […]
Hogan Lovells’ incoming deputy CEO: “Getting people back to the office is going to be unbelievably fiddly”
It was during a jog to Hogan Lovells’ deserted HQ that the magnitude of the current situation hit home for Michael Davison, who starts as deputy CEO at the transatlantic outfit this summer. “It’s going to be unbelievably fiddly getting people back,” says Davison, “the biggest challenge is how and when we think they will […]
The Virus Diaries: Covid-19 wasn’t the only obstacle in Dentons’ cigar deal
Nicholas Plant, Dentons Last month saw the sale of Imperial Brands’ premium cigar business, including a number of its most famous Cuban cigars, to two entities backed by private equity investors. Asides from the inevitable challenges brought about by Covid-19, a series of hoops needed to be jumped through to get the deal over the […]
Staggered work times included in Pinsents’ back-to-office plan
Pinsent Masons is set to stagger working hours and break times for employees that are returning to the office, however, encouraging UK staff to work from home still forms the “backbone” of the firm’s response to Covid-19. For the past month, a tailored taskforce has been looking at how Pinsents can reopen its offices on […]
Leaitherland steps down as DWF’s CEO in leadership shake-up
DWF’s longtime leader Andrew Leaitherland is passing on the baton as the firm’s CEO, after leading for more than two decades and taking it from a national entity to a listed business. As part of the change, Leaitherland will also renounce his role as managing the firm’s two LLPs contained within the DWF brand. The […]