The Chambers Employment Guide 2024 covers employment law across 53 jurisdictions, detailing recent changes in areas like employment contracts, data privacy, and dispute resolution. It highlights global trends such as work-life balance, inflation impacts, and whistle-blower protection.
Sustainability has and will remain top of mind in the European Union. Under the Green Deal, the European Commission (“Commission”) has pushed through a storm of ‘green’ legislation, with 86 acts adopted and 14 more nearing adoption since December 2019.
The fifth anniversary of the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) arrives in January 2025. As we approach the end of another year filled with evolving privacy laws in California and twenty other states, now is the time for a critical review of your privacy policies and practices. To borrow a line from one of my favorite artists, “What a long, strange trip it has been [in 2024]”, and 2025 looks to be just as volatile from a privacy perspective.
In the Netherlands, Prinsjesdag—or Budget Day—is a key event for businesses, as it outlines the government’s tax and financial plans for the coming year. Held every third Tuesday of September (this year on 17th of September), the government presented its budget, highlighting changes to corporate taxes, VAT, wage and income taxes and other policies that affect the business environment.
In this session, we’ll explore a regulator’s perspective on the AI Act. We’re pleased to welcome Stefan Kulk, Senior Advisor at Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch DPA), who will share his insights and best practices on AI and algorithm regulation.
The European Commission is launching a consultation on a long-awaited Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) module for data transfers to third-country controllers and processors directly subject to the GDPR. This initiative is crucial for addressing complexities in cross-border data transfers while ensuring the high level of data protection required under EU law is maintained.
Deeptech companies are set to be the driving force behind global transitions. And for the avoidance of any doubt, I see Deeptech as innovations based on advanced scientific and engineering breakthroughs, that typically involve technologies like AI, quantum computing, or biotechnology.
In today’s global marketplace, many brands dream of making a lasting impression in the U.S. As a rule of thumb, the U.S. consumer will spend about 3 seconds in front of a section in the store aisle. In that brief time, you have to catch—and keep—their attention.
European companies that do business in the U.S. will quickly discover that the U.S. is a litigious society. American employees, consumers and businesses are more likely to resolve disputes by going to court than their European counterparts.
A recent KU Leuven-led study has revealed significant data privacy flaws in location-based dating apps, which could enable the profiling or tracking of their users, leading to higher vulnerability to identity theft, extortion, or even stalking and assault.
