Image via PxHere form Introduction It took more than three years after the deadline to implement the CDSM Directive in Poland. The new copyright law, the amended Polish Copyright and Related Rights Act of 1994, entered into force in the early autumn of 2024. Poland is the last country, after Bulgaria, to implement the CDSM Directive. During … Read more
Historically, estate planning centered on tangible documentation – wills, account access, and critical information stored in safes or files, with clear instructions for heirs. However, as assets and personal information have become increasingly digitized and moved online, ensuring smooth access to digital accounts has become increasingly complicated. Digital assets range from email accounts and social … Read more
By Greg Care There are some more developments that are signaling the soon-to-be demise of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning nearly all employment non-compete provisions nationwide. As I have predicted, the FTC is now all but saying that it will abandon the defense of the rule. However, the agency is not giving all … Read more
In a previous post, written before Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, I wrote about the various measures – particularly those targeting America’s allies – that he threatened to implement, and whether those measures would be compatible with the principle of non-intervention under customary international law. In that post, which was based … Read more
Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash Welcome back for the second part of the C-590/23 Pelham II hearing commentary. In part one (here), we covered the interpretation of pastiche. However, a very interesting topic arose in the Court’s pre-emptive questions, and during the oral questions: the interaction of “pastiche” with Article 17 CDSM Directive. This … Read more
