The Bouskoura case (C-387/24 PPU), lodged on 4 June 2024 and ultimately addressed by the ECJ on 4 October 2024, brings about significant insights at a point of critical juncture between immigrants’ fundamental rights...

On 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C-134/23 Elliniko Symvoulio, concerning the Greek designation of Turkey as a ‘safe third country’ for the purposes of international protection. The...

The enormous VAT bill that Italian tax authorities have presented to Meta, based on the estimated value of the data that they have received from users in return for their services, has recently been...

By Gionata Bouché and Etienne Valk The data retention debate is becoming ever-more complex, or so it is written. Since the second La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) installment by the Court of Justice of...

Are you interested in writing short contributions of no more than 1,250 words on recent case law regarding EU law or public international law? Our new Saar Case Notes category is just right for...

All those pursuing research on the topic or working on these issues in practice are invited to submit;  Please submit your proposal online by 31 December 2024.  Scholars who have their abstracts selected for...

The Salzburg Center of European Union Studies (SCEUS) will host a two-day workshop on May 15-16, 2025, offering PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers in law, economics, and political science an opportunity to present papers...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Opinion 28/2024 on 17 December  2024 on the basis of Article 64(2) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This opinion addresses data protection concerns related to...

On 3 December 2024 , the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released draft Guidelines 02/2024 on Article 48 GDPR clarifying the rules for data sharing with third country authorities. The Guidelines are another essential...

Introduction The ruling in Kneschke vs. LAION by the German Hamburg Regional Court (Court) represents the first landmark case clarifying the application of the CDSM Directive’s text and data mining (TDM) exceptions to AI...

The European Union (EU) – and its legal order – occupies a unique position in international law. In this context, the ‘autonomy of EU law’, since its judge-made creation in the 1960s, continues to...

Dear Readers,   The Editorial Board of the European Law Blog is delighted to announce the winner of the first-ever European Law Blogger Prize! Following a rigorous review process, the €300 prize has been...

Monday, 14th October 2024, 11:00-12:00 (BST): Front Polisario II Workshop Organisers: Dr Jed Odermatt, City St George’s, University of London & Prof Ramses Wessel, University of Groningen Monday, 4th November, 14:00-19:00 (GMT): UKAEL Young...

The interaction between EU law and international law is an intriguing subject. The receptiveness of domestic legal orders vis-à-vis the international legal order is an all-time classic of foreign relations law and of course...

Rekindling the ultra-vires debate? Most lawyers in the field of European Union law seem to have reached an (unspoken) consensus that breaches of the principle of conferral of powers (Art. 5(2) TEU) either do...

The European Data Protection Board Guidelines on pseudonymisation were adopted on January 16, 2025, and are open for consultation until February 28, 2025. The EDPB has been working on this piece of guidance for...

Introduction On the 29th of January this year, the General Court dismissed the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) action seeking to annul parts of three decisions issued by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)...

Transparency is an explicit normative choice made in the Lisbon Treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. They place an obligation on the EU Institutions to ‘conduct their work as openly as possible’, take...

EAPIL Winter School in European Private International Law: MULTISTATE TORTS University of Insubria, Department of Law, Economics and Cultures 10th- 15th February 2025 THE WINTER COURSE Coordinator: Silvia Marino Scientific Committee: Silvia Marino, University...

The ICON-S Benelux Chapter is organising its second conference on 22 and 23 May 2025. The conference will take place at the Université libre de Bruxelles – Faculty of Law and Criminology, with a programme...

Call for Abstracts Workshop: Exploring the Autonomy of Cities: Philosophical, Legal, and Policy Dimensions Organized by: Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger (AUP), Nefeli Lefkopoulou (Sciences Po Paris), Marc Goetzmann (Université de Tours).  Cities have long served as centers of economic activity, cultural innovation, and...

The European Law Unbound Society (ELU-S) exists for its members. The goal is to build an open community of scholars interested in law in Europe, where everyone is welcome, regardless of career stage, academic...