North America: International Law

Much as was anticipated, the European Commission (the Commission) announced its long-awaited proposals on Jan. 25, 2012, on what are likely to be viewed as drastic changes to data protection law in Europe. The aim of the proposals is to make EU privacy laws fit for the 21st century, and they seek to both change the system and increase penalties for breach, with fines of up to 2% of a corporation's annual global turnover.

The European Union’s rules on government procurement have traditionally been admirably open and non-discriminatory, with none of the "Buy Local" preferences found elsewhere in the world.

In December 2009, European Directive 2009/136/EC (the Directive) entered into force requiring all countries of the European Union (EU) to enact national legislation requiring, amongst other things, that website owners must obtain informed consent for the use of cookies by their website before any cookies are planted on the user's computer hard drive.

Several tribunals and courts were established at various periods of America's history to resolve trade-related litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and even the Supreme Court has played a significant role in these disputes.

With the United States classifying most psychedelics as Schedule I substances, many facilitators are exploring opportunities abroad to conduct spiritual plant ceremonies.

Our purpose from the outset was to depart from previous iterations of this Title which were more academically rather than practically oriented in terms of selected topics and approaches to an immense field.

On May 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce formally signaled its intention to rescind the Biden Administration's Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (AI Diffusion Rule)...

On Monday, the Trump administration revoked the Biden-era Framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Diffusion, a week before its expected enforcement on May 15...

Contractual relationships thrive on certainty. Yet the far-reaching scope of tariffs imposed and deferred over the last several months has raised concerns that businesses...

The United States is currently party to 48 Bilateral Investment Treaties, including seven that have been signed but not yet ratified.

Global enforcement of anti-corruption laws is at an all-time high and unlikely to recede any time soon.

The CCL is a dual-use list subject to a lower level of control. The Canadian equivalent of the USML is the Defence Production Act.