Update – Aon’s $30B Bid for Willis Towers Watson Faces EU Antitrust Warning: Reuters March 3, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – Aon will face a list of objections by the EU’s antitrust watchdog which it must overcome with concessions...
Uber Urges EU to Recognize Gig Business Model as UK Court Is Set to Rule February 17, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee Uber on Monday called on EU regulators to recognize the value of independent contracts in job creation as they consider...
EU Experts Hit Roadblock in Trying to Resolve Tech, Carmakers’ Patent Dispute February 12, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee European Union efforts to resolve a patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers have hit a roadblock after experts enlisted...
Aon’s $30B Bid for Willis Towers Watson Faces EU Probe: Reuters December 15, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – Aon’s $30 billion bid for Willis Towers to create the world’s largest insurance broker faces a full-scale investigation...
EU Privacy Agency Does Not Expect New EU-US Data Privacy Accord Any Time Soon December 7, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Companies hoping the EU and the new U.S. administration will soon strike a new transatlantic data transfer pact to replace...
EU Wants Better Self-Regulation by Facebook, Google, Twitter; Plans Liability Changes September 11, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Twitter and other tech...
Firms Need Immediate Rethink on U.S. Data Transfers, Says EU Privacy Watchdog July 28, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Companies seeking to transfer data to the United States must revert to new arrangements with immediate effect after the Privacy...
European Union Court Invalidates Special Data Privacy Shield Granted U.S. Firms July 16, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee and Marine Strauss LUXEMBOURG – Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday that a transatlantic data transfer deal is invalid because of concerns about...
Ireland, Luxembourg Lag in Support for Policing EU Data Privacy Compliance June 25, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Ireland and Luxembourg, European headquarters to Google, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon, need a substantial boost in resources to deal with...
Google Urges EU to Use Current Laws, Not New Ones, to Regulate Artificial Intelligence May 29, 2020 By Foo Yun Chee Google has called on the European Union to use current EU laws to govern the use of artificial intelligence rather...