https://www.bizcommunity.com/440/547.html Europe Corporate & Commercial Law news 15 Corporate & Commercial Law news - Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/440/547.html en-us Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:23:39 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/eu-will-not-delay-deforestation-law-environment-chief-says-on-ivory-coast-visit-453349a The European Union is not planning to delay a new law to crack down on the import of commodities linked to deforestation, its environment commissioner said, despite some governments urging Brussels to postpone the landmark rules. 1-247415 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 14:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/162/236732.html The Competition Tribunal has conditionally approved Heineken's proposed R40.1bn acquisition of South Africa's largest liquor firm Distell. 1-236732 Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:41:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/307/177781.html France recently passed an amendment to its Agriculture Bill. It prohibits any product that is largely based on non-animal ingredients from being labelled like a traditional animal product. This essentially bans product names such as "vegetable steak", "soy sausage", or "bacon-flavoured strips". 1-177781 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/75/23/127112.html PARIS, FRANCE: European data protection authorities have joined forces to probe Facebook's privacy controls, a French watchdog said on Thursday, putting the popular US social media giant under fresh pressure... 1-127112 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/205/78/126980.html GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Authorities in Geneva have banned Uber for breaching local taxi laws but the beleaguered US-based company said on Tuesday it was appealing the order and denied any wrongdoing... 1-126980 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 11:16:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/15/669/126818.html VIENNA, AUSTRIA: An Austrian law graduate spearheading a class action case against Facebook for alleged privacy breaches officially filed the suit in a Vienna court on Thursday... 1-126818 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:42:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/12/124787.html LONDON, UK: An advertisement making light of the trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius received by far the most complaints ever in Britain, the advertising watchdog said on Friday... 1-124787 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:20:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/75/512/124628.html PARIS, FRANCE: French judges on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for three former managers at Swiss bank UBS over allegations it helped customers hide money from the taxman in Switzerland... 1-124628 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:24:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/90/124484.html LONDON, UK: The owner of Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid made a public apology on Friday for phone-hacking by its journalists and said compensation claims over the scandal will cost it far more than previously thought. 1-124484 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:33:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/466/123703.html LONDON, UK: WikiLeaks has accused Google of handing over the emails and electronic data of its senior staff to US authorities, and not notifying them of this for almost three years... 1-123703 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law Europe