Anna Collignon and Marieke Spee speak at 9th Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Rome

Seminar - Join us for a light lunch and informative seminar on Wednesday, 18 September, regarding hospital tenders for pharmaceutical products that are covered by second medical use of patents.

Short Reads - Op 21 juni 2019 heeft de Minister voor Rechtsbescherming (de "Minister") een aantal Kamervragen beantwoord over preventieve handhaving in het bestuursrecht. Deze Kamervragen gaan over twee vormen van preventieve handhaving: (i) handhaven wanneer een overtreding dreigt en (ii) handhaven wanneer een herhaling dreigt van een eerdere overtreding. Voor het toestaan van de eerste vorm van handhaving hanteren rechters een strengere maatstaf dan voor de tweede vorm.

Short Reads - On 12 July, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published a report on the status of licencing regimes of FinTech firms across the European Union ("EU").  The report is based on two surveys conducted by ESMA since January 2018, which gathered evidence from EU national competent authorities ("NCAs") on the licensing regimes of FinTech firms in their respective jurisdictions.

Short Reads - Though the European data protection authorities have taken their time in enforcing the GDPR, two announcements by the ICO in the UK regarding proposed fines for British Airways and Marriott demonstrate that large fines are about to start landing regularly. Both of the substantial fines are to be handed out as a result of shortcomings in handling data breaches caused by cyber-attacks.