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Apr 23, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Dan Cooper |Kristof Van Quathem
On April 22, 2024, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (“EFPIA”) issued a statement on the application of the AI Act in the medicinal product lifecycle. The EFPIA statement highlights that AI applications are likely to play an increasing role in the development and manufacture of medicines.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Dan Cooper |Kristof Van Quathem
On April 22, 2024, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (“EFPIA”) issued a statement on the application of the AI Act in the medicinal product lifecycle. The EFPIA statement highlights that AI applications are likely to play an increasing role in the development and manufacture of medicines.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Dan Cooper
On January 17, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published its report on the 2023 Coordinated Enforcement Framework (“CEF”), which examines the current landscape and obstacles faced by data protection officers (“DPOs”) across the EU.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Dan Cooper
On February 28, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) announced that EU supervisory authorities (“SAs”) will undertake a coordinated enforcement action in 2024 regarding data subjects’ right of access under the GDPR. For context, the EDPB selects a particular topic each year to serve as the focus for pan-EU coordinated enforcement. In 2023, regulators focused upon data protection officers’ designation and role.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Dan Cooper
On February 28, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) announced that EU supervisory authorities (“SAs”) will undertake a coordinated enforcement action in 2024 regarding data subjects’ right of access under the GDPR. For context, the EDPB selects a particular topic each year to serve as the focus for pan-EU coordinated enforcement. In 2023, regulators focused upon data protection officers’ designation and role.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Dan Cooper |Joshua Gray
While the EU Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts prohibits certain clauses in standard (i.e., unilaterally imposed) contracts between businesses and consumers, some recently enacted EU laws restrict the use of certain clauses in standard contracts between businesses (“B2B”). The Data Act is the latest example of such a law, as it prohibits certain “unfair contractual terms” (“Unfair Clauses”) in standard contracts between businesses relating to the access and use of data.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Dan Cooper |Lisa Peets |Marty Hansen |Sam Choi
On January 24, 2024, the European Commission (“Commission”) announced that, following the political agreement reached in December 2023 on the EU AI Act (“AI Act”) (see our previous blog here), the Commission intends to proceed with a package of measures (“AI Innovation Strategy”) to support AI startups and small and medium-size enterprises (“SMEs”) in the EU.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Dan Cooper |Lisa Peets |Sam Choi
From February 17, 2024, the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) will apply to providers of intermediary services (e.g., cloud services, file-sharing services, search engines, social networks and online marketplaces). These entities will be required to comply with a number of obligations, including implementing notice-and-action mechanisms, complying with detailed rules on terms and conditions, and publishing transparency reports on content moderation practices, among others.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Dan Cooper
The EU Digital Services Act (“DSA”) will start applying from February 17, 2024 to a broad array of intermediary services offered in the EU, including online marketplaces, web-hosting services, cloud services, search engines, and social media platforms. The DSA will require these providers to include certain information in their existing terms and conditions (“T&Cs”). We set out below an overview of the chief changes providers will need to make to their T&Cs in light of the DSA.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Dan Cooper |Lisa Peets |Marty Hansen |Sam Choi
On December 9, 2023, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission reached a political agreement on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”) (see here for the Parliament’s press statement, here for the Council’s statement, and here for the Commission’s statement).
