Category Archives for Europe

IQPC Brussels: “Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Europe” (held 30 September/1 October)

Last week we attended the IQPC conference “Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Europe” which was held in Brussels September 30th and October 1st.   For a link to the

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IQPC Brussels Focus: Recommind, search powered IRM software

         Two of the main topics at the IQPC Conference in Brussels last week on e-discloure (with much written of late in the e-discovery blogs) has been concept searching and “predictive

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IQPC Brussels Focus: Chris Dale and the e-Disclosure Information Project

              One of the rock stars of the IQPC conference in Brussels in Brussels last week was Chris Dale, founder of the E-Disclosure Information Project.  He was on 3 panels at the conference

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French Data Protection Authority Releases New Opinion on Compliance with U.S. Discovery Procedures

On August 19, 2009, the French Data Protection Agency (also known as the “CNIL”) released a new opinion (the “Opinion”) on the transfer of personal data from France to a jurisdiction

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Microsoft Offers Browser Deal to EU Regulators

July 27, 2009 Microsoft said on said Friday it will offer European consumers a choice of Web browsers with Windows in an effort to settle an antitrust probe by the European Union. The software giant has

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The European Posse List and Working in Europe

There is an expanding need for temporary attorneys across Europe as many European companies and law firms have been adopting the use of temporary workers on a wider basis, as well as many U.S. companies

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EC Trade Mark Law In The Life Sciences Industry

  This article tries to shed light on an important area of trade mark law in connection with a decision recently handed down by the European Court of First Instance (the “CFI”), more specifically

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Bankruptcy-related M&A has “only just begun”

Bankruptcy-related mergers and acquisitions have hit their highest level globally since August 2004, and are set to keep rising as more companies are forced into distressed sales, according to Thomson

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EU regulators raid Slovak Telekom in antitrust probe

EU antitrust regulators raided Slovak Telekom last week on suspicions that the group had violated European anti-monopoly rules.  EU officials raided the company’s offices accompanied by national

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E-discovery vendor revamps pricing, contract attorney work in Europe, webinars, and more

A bit of a mixed bag today: E-discovery Kazeon Systems has rolled out a range of pricing plans for its e-discovery products, hoping to entice customers amid lean economic times with one plan aimed at

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