Civil Law

Privacy World Week in Review

In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you are interested in additional information.

The French CNIL’s New Guidance on Whistleblowing | Privacy World

SEC Adopts Final Cybersecurity Risk Management and Incident Disclosure Regulations | Privacy World

Singapore Consults on Personal Data Guidelines for AI | Privacy World

Illinois Supreme Court Refuses to Reconsider Decision That BIPA Claims Accrue … Read the rest

Civil Law

EU Pharma Legislation Review Series: National MA Procedures Including the Mutual Recognition Procedure and Decentralized Procedure

The European Commission (the “Commission”) wants to “avoid unnecessary administrative and financial burdens for applicants and competent authorities.”  As such, the Commission’s proposal for a revised Directive on the Union Code Relating to Medicinal Products for Human Use (the “Directive”) retains the Decentralized Procedure (“DCP”) and Mutual Recognition Procedure (“MRP”).  Chapter III of the Directive sets out the new procedures for national marketing authorizations (“MAs”).  This includes a purely national MA procedure granted in a single Member State … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Court grants review in new batch of cases, including dispute on religious rights of employees

Court grants review in new batch of cases, including dispute on religious rights of employees

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The Supreme Court will review how employers must accommodate their employees’ religious practices, how courts should decide whether threatening statements are protected by the First Amendment, and whether a local government violated the Constitution when it confiscated and sold a $ 40,000 home based on the owner’s failure to pay $ 15,000 in property taxes.

Those issues are among a slew of new disputes that the justices added to their docket on Friday afternoon in an order list from … Read the rest