Category: European Law

Antitrust damages claimants, both in Germany and the rest of the European Union (“EU”), have reasons to rejoice.  In its ASG 2 ruling delivered on 28 January 2025  (hereafter the “Ruling” )1, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) ruled, in essence, that in the absence of an effective collective action…

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If the EU is to succeed in transitioning to a sustainable food system, it needs to make more room for local voices and initiatives. This calls for a new perspective on the EU’s internal market. While Europeans have many reasons to celebrate their culinary traditions, the EU food system gives less reason to rejoice. It…

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Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash Welcome back for the second part of the C-590/23 Pelham II hearing commentary. In part one (here), we covered the interpretation of pastiche. However, a very interesting topic arose in the Court’s pre-emptive questions, and during the oral questions: the interaction of “pastiche” with Article 17 CDSM Directive. This…

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On 16 January 2025, Advocate General Capeta (“AG”) issued her opinion in a dispute concerning  third party ownership (“TPO”) rules between Belgian football club RFC Seraing and the International Federation of Association Football (“FIFA”). Pending the CJEU’s highly anticipated judgment in this case, this post seeks to give some insights into the scope and potential…

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On February 20, 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published its annual Tech Horizons Report (the “Report”), which explores four key technologies expected to play a significant role in society over the next two to seven years. These technologies include connected transport, quantum sensing and imaging, digital diagnostics and therapeutics, and synthetic media. The…

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The extent and limits to the Commission’s duty to assess the compatibility of State aid measures with other rules of EU internal market law, and public procurement rules in particular, continues to heat up (see earlier comment here). According to the Court’s press release, today’s Opinion of AG Medina in Austria v Commission (Centrale nucléaire…

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I am much pleased that Dr Brooke Marshall has accepted to write on CJEU Lastre for the blog. Dr Marshall has written the guiding volume on the issue (highlights of the book’s launch are here). True to form, her analysis below is as complete as it is on point, and a most excellent addition to…

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Written by Ionel Zamfir. 8 March, International Women’s Day, is a good opportunity to take stock of progress and challenges for women’s rights and gender equality. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted in 1995, at the fourth World Conference on Women, by 189 states and the EU…

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I.           HALLUCINATING TRUTHS Think of Open AI’s ChatGPT inferring an individual’s birth-date or bibliography incorrectly, Google’s Bard erroneously reporting a member of the Dutch Christian-Democratic party as running to be leader of another political party or more recent concerns voiced about the factual accuracy of DeepSeek’s answers. These are all instances of a widely reported…

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Hungary has repeatedly threatened to block EU aid for Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine war. Patrick Müller and Peter Slominski explain that this approach is indicative of a “hostage-taking” bargaining strategy in which the threat of a veto is used to gain concessions in other policy areas. Populist radical right parties in power have gone to…

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