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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In the much-anticipated Lundbeck case (i.a. C-591/16 P), the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) on 25th March 2021 confirmed the decision of the European Commission (“Commission”) to impose fines on Lundbeck and several generics companies. The case concerns a pay-for-delay agreement dating back to the year 2003. After the expiry of its basic patent for an antidepressant, Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck endeavored to further protect its market position for the drug by entering into agreements with several generics compa...

Annual General Meeting   to be held on Friday, May 21, 2021, at 10 a.m. Central European Summer Time - CEST (= 8 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time - UTC). The Annual General Meeting will be held as a Virtual Annual General Meeting without the physical presence of the shareholders or their authorized representatives. The shareholders and their authorized representatives will participate by means of electronic communication in accordance with the following provisions and explanations (following the agenda). The Virtual Annual General Meeting will be transmitted from the business premises of the...

The German Federal Court of Justice recently issued a decision declaring that the use of a photo of a prominent person for an editorial article infringes upon the right to one's own...

NPP calls for action on stalking law ‘SUBJECTIVE’: A lawmaker from the NPP said behavior that constitutes stalking should be based on the fear or inability to live a normal life that a person reports By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter The government should not wait for another International Women’s Day to implement legislation against stalking and harassment, which should have already been promulgated to help people living in fear, the New Power Party (NPP) said yesterday. Aside from drafting a bill, the NPP has also proposed amendments to Art...

This is the second part of a two-part article. In the first of this two-part series, we discussed the success of the United States’ federal False Claims Act (FCA), the rise of international whistleblowers through a study of the Michael Epp case, and what global companies need to do to prepare. In this follow-up, we review exemplary international whistleblowing laws that have been recently enacted and what they mean for global corporate compliance. Our review is not exhaustive but reflects a fair cross section of non-American whistleblowing laws. Why aren’t international whistleblower laws...