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What Every Corporate Attorney Must Know About European Union E-Discovery Rules. An Update.

Posted in International Litigation

Back in August of 2009, I wrote an article, European Union E-Discovery Rules: What Every Corporate Litigator Must Know, describing the privacy laws in the European Union and the  significant implications for litigation based in the United States. At the end of the article, I  predicted that the EU would further shore up their privacy… Continue Reading

Why the European Union Should Allow Class Action Lawsuits

Posted in International Litigation

 American innovation spawned the personal computer, the internet and the Ipod.  All radically changed the way the world accessed information. Under a proposed EU Directive, another American innovation—the class action lawsuit—may radically change the way EU consumers’ access justice. Under the proposal presented by the EU Commission, consumers who suffer at the hands of companies… Continue Reading

European Union E-Discovery Rules: What Every Corporate Litigator Must Know

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To allay fears concerning the handling of users’ personal information, European  regulators have established operating guidelines for social-networking web sites to ensure they comply with the region’s privacy laws. As reported in The Wall Street Journal, EU Lays Out Web Privacy Rules, the guidelines were established to shore up EU data privacy laws already in place…. Continue Reading