Covington’s four-part video series offers snapshot briefings on key emerging trends in UK Competition Law. In part three, James Marshall and Sophie Albrighton discuss digital markets, one of the key areas of focus of competition authorities around the world today, including in the UK. They are joined by guest speaker Martin Hansen, Of Counsel in
June 2021
Emerging Trends in UK Competition Law Vlog Series – Part III: Digital Markets
Covington’s four-part video series offers snapshot briefings on key emerging trends in UK Competition Law. In part three, James Marshall and Sophie Albrighton discuss digital markets, one of the key areas of focus of competition authorities around the world today, including in the UK. They are joined by guest speaker Martin Hansen, Of Counsel in…
Supreme Court Confirms That Every Class Member Must Have Article III Standing to Recover Damages, Creating Additional Obstacles to Class Certification
The Supreme Court’s decision in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 2021 WL 2599472 (U.S. June 25, 2021), is one of the most significant class-action decisions from the Supreme Court in recent years. It expands the scope of the Court’s earlier Article III standing decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 578 U.S. 330 (2016) confirming that, to recover damages in a…
European Commission Adopts Final UK Adequacy Decisions
On June 28, 2021, the European Commission adopted two decisions finding that the UK’s data protection regime provides an “adequate” level of protection for personal data transferred to the UK from the EU. The first decision covers transfers governed by the GDPR, and permits private companies located in the EU to continue to transfer personal…
Vying for America’s Future through Electric Vehicles
By John Mizerak
This is the twenty-second in our series on “the ABCs of the AJP”
The single largest expenditure in President Biden’s original proposal for his American Jobs Plan is a $174 billion investment to promote electric vehicles (EVs). This considerable sum reflects the fact that increasing the number of EVs on the road in the United…
Supreme Court Denies New Hampshire’s Challenge to Massachusetts Telecommuter Tax Rule; Convenience of the Employer Lives to See Another Day
The Supreme Court, today, denied New Hampshire’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint challenging Massachusetts’ COVID-related tax regulations. The decision comes little more than a month after the Acting Solicitor General of the United States filed an amicus brief urging the court to deny the motion. In addition to New Hampshire, the…
Using Carrots and Sticks to Unleash the Potential for Clean Utilities
This is the twenty-first in our series, “The ABCs of the AJP.”
President Biden’s American Jobs Plan (AJP) sets an ambitious goal of “achieving 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035.” To accomplish this, the AJP proposes significant investments in grid modernization, transmission infrastructure, offshore wind, and energy storage, as detailed by our…
The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – Friday, June 25, 2021
Next week will be a committee week in the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) will gather virtually and in person in Brussels. Several interesting votes and debates are scheduled to take place.
On Monday, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (“ENVI”) will vote to adopt proposed amendments to…
China Issues New Measures for the Administration of Import and Export Food Safety
By Muyun Hu
China’s General Administration of Customs recently promulgated new Measures on the Administration of Import and Export Food Safety (the “Measures”), which will take effect on January 1, 2022.[1] The Measures integrate five individual inspection and quarantine regulations (to be abolished when the Measures take effect) for import and export of special categories of foods,…
Reps. DeGette and Upton Release Highly-Anticipated “Cures 2.0” Draft
On June 22, 2021, Congressional leaders Diana DeGette (D-DO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) released a bipartisan follow-up to the 2016 21st Century Cures Act. “Cures 2.0”—a “discussion draft” at this stage—is intended to build upon the Cures Act. The draft lays out several notable policies related to digital health, real-world data/evidence (RWD/E), and…