04 December 2019
Get connected faster: panel debate with industry on implementation of the EECC
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/get-connected-faster-panel-debate-with-industry

Bird & Bird's Regulatory & Public Affairs seminar in Brussels on 3 December also featured a panel debate with various industry voices on the implementation of the recently adopted European Electronic Communications ...

30 January 2019
Food allergens labelling requirements in hospitality services
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/food-allergens-labelling-requirements-in-hospitality-services

Food allergies are a common but serious issue that may have life-threatening consequences, and for that reason regulatory measures are in place that are intended to make sure consumers are aware of the presence of ...

30 January 2019
Data and cyber breaches: a new risk landscape
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/data-and-cyber-breaches-a-new-risk-landscape

Not all 2018 data protection planning was about GDPR compliance programs.

24 June 2019
From e-health to digital Health: Telemedicine, Electronic Healthcare File, Artificial Intelligence
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/from-e-health-to-digital-health-telemedicine-electronic-healthcare-file-artificial-intelligence

In the last five decades we have been assisting on the digitalization of society and consequently of the healthcare sector; we have been using terms such as eHealth, medical informatics, health informatics, ...

16 July 2019
Doing the right thing: accessibility and OTT broadcasters
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/doing-the-right-thing-accessibility-and-ott-broadcasters

On 9 April 2019, the General Affairs Council of the European Union adopted a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of accessibility requirements for products and services (the ...

11 March 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: Open Data
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/big-data-and-issues-and-opportunities-open-data

In this tenth article in our series on "Big Data & Issues & Opportunities", we address various legal issues and opportunities that one may encounter when using open data for big data technologies.

25 February 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: Liability
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/big-data-and-issues-and-opportunities-liability

In this eighth article in our series on "Big Data & Issues & Opportunities", we look into liability issues in the context of new technologies, including with respect to big data, applied in the transport sector.

02 December 2019
Walking the tightrope between food and consumer goods and therapeutic goods: Australian regulator highlights poor understanding of advertising regulations
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/walking-the-tightrope-between-food-and-consumer-goods-and-therapeutic-goods

Advertisers of food and consumer goods need to pay careful attention to the nature of the claims they make in advertising in order not to cross the line rendering their product a therapeutic good. The Australian ...

17 July 2019
Revisiting ABCs in the Aviation Industry: tips for spotting bad apples in third party relationships
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/revisiting-abcs-in-the-aviation-industry-tips-for-spotting-bad-apples-in-third-party-relationships

Consultant Wolf von Kumberg looks at the simple tips businesses can follow to make changes in their compliance programmes so as to address third party threats.

04 July 2019
Patents: interim injunctions
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/patents-interim-injunctions

The High Court has refused to grant an interim injunction to restrain alleged patent infringement before trial where an expedited trial had been ordered, the defendant had undertaken to limit its marketing activities, ...