This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on the European AI Office’s draft General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court decision confirming its international jurisdiction, the judgment that 3D inhaler trade mark cannot be restored by Boehringer, the ruling that Ukraine border service cannot get an EU trade mark for its war slogan, Meta being fined €798m for tying marketplace ads to Facebook, and the role of acceptable use policies in AI, In addition, this week the 2025 EU annual budget was agreed, the Council of the EU adopted a regulation to shut down European Online Dispute Resolution platform, adopted a ban on forced labour products in Union market, and approved the certification framework for carbon removals, the European Parliament endorsed the postponement of the deforestation rules, the European Commission proposed a single digital portal for posted worker declarations, and the EU Cyber Resilience Act and EU Listing Acts were published in the Official Journal.

Welcome to this week’s edition of the In-house weekly highlights, a curated summary of news analysis and new content from across the legal landscape. These highlights focus on key risk & compliance, commercial, corporate, information law and employment developments that will be relevant to most in-house lawyers.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights covers the entry into application of the EU Data Act, the launch of a call for evidence on the forthcoming Digital Omnibus package, the publication of new guidelines to assist Member States in implementing the EU Critical Entities Resilience Directive, and the launch of a call for evidence on the planned revision of the EU energy security framework. In addition this week, the European Data Protection Board opened a public consultation on its draft Guidelines on interplay between the EU Digital Services Act and the General Data Protection Regulation, the Commission launched a consultation on draft revisions to the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation, the Commission adopted technical standards for European Green Bond external reviewers, the European Investment Bank launched a €17.5bn financing initiative to support SMEs in making energy efficiency improvements, and the European Parliament adopted its position on reforms to the Package Travel Directive. Finally this week’s highlights include an analysis of decisions by the French data protection authority to fine Google and Shein for cookie rule violations.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on the decision of the Court of Justice ruling that musicians may sample other works in their songs without explicit permission from the original creator in certain circumstances. In addition this week, Parliamentary committee MEPs invited Temu to discuss EU sales of unsafe and illegal products, adopted a report supporting the simplification of EU chemicals legislation, and adopted a position on new measures aimed at enhancing EU standards protecting workers from dangerous substances. Finally, the European Data Protection Board introduced a Data Protection Impact Assessments template and the European Commission launched a call for evidence on the evaluation of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), opened a call for participation in the Raw Materials Mechanism platform and announced that its EU age verification app is technically ready.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes an analysis of the Court of Justice decision that competitors are entitled to bring an injunction claim based on infringement of the EU GDPR and on the European Commission’s talks with individual Chinese EV makers on alternative to duties solutions. In addition, this week the Council of the EU has adopted its final position on the Cyber Resilience Act, updates to EU product liability rules, the Platform Work Directive, revisions to the EU CLP Regulation, a recast Directive of the Ambient Air Quality Directives, and a new designs protection legislation package. The Council has also agreed to extend the application timeline for the EU Deforestation Regulation and published its conclusions on the EU’s negotiating positions for COP29 and COP 16. Further this week, the European Securities and Markets Authority issued the first consolidated report on sanctions, and the European Medicines Agency opened a consultation on revisions to its policy on handling competing interests among scientific committee members and experts.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the European Parliament and Council reaching an agreement on anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) (MLD6) regulation, EU Member States endorsing the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) provisional agreement, an analysis of the final draft of EU's AI Act which goes to governments for review as questions on source code, copyright linger, the Council of EU and European Parliament agreeing to lower CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and European Commission proposing to extend transition period to apply In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR).

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes the publication of the Commission’s 2025 Work Programme, the February 2025 infringements package, and Commission guidelines on the definition of AI systems under the EU AI Act. In addition, this week, the Commission announced an evaluation of the Geo-blocking Regulation, opened a public consultation on amendments to State aid rules concerning access to justice in environmental matters, proposed supplemental rules to the EU emissions trading system for aviation to accelerate take up of sustainable aviation fuels, announced a pilot programme for coordinated assessments of clinical investigations and performance studies, and issued a request to Shein to provide data on illegal content and goods. These weekly highlights also cover the launch of InvestAI, which aims to mobilise €200bn for AI investment across the EU, the launch of the 2025 SME Fund to support intellectual property protection, and an analysis of the global tariff of 25% reimposed on steel and aluminium exported to the US.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses on Meta halting its AI tech debut after regulatory backlash, the EU Gigabit Infrastructure Act and the definitions of providers and deployers under the EU AI Act. This week, the Council of the EU has formally adopted the Nature Restoration Regulation and the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) Regulation. It has also agreed on its position on the EU Talent Pool proposal, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) enforcement rules, the Green Claims Directive, the Soil Monitoring Law, the Waste Framework Directive, the Detergents Regulation and the proposal to simplify financial reporting requirements. In addition, the amendments to the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement Annex IX, the Basel III reforms, the money-laundering and terrorist financing package, the Regulation streamlining procedures for changes to medicine approvals and the Regulation updating controls on food imports to protect public health have been published in the Official Journal.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analyses of the Court of Justice’s communication to the public ruling in Citadines v MPLC Deutschland GmbH on broadcasting through television sets in hotel room and EU General Court’s judgment in Kneipp GmbH v EUIPO which confirms the significance of a mark’s historical reputation, the publication of the May 2024 infringements package, the Council of the EU's adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the Ecodesign Regulation, the Net-Zero Industry Act, the Regulation to track and reduce methane emissions, the Regulation on Substances of Human Origin (SoHo) and the new Schengen Borders Code. In addition, the Directives on strengthening equality bodies in the fields of equal treatment and equal opportunities to combat discrimination have been published in the Official Journal and the European Critical Raw Materials Act has entered into force.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis on what to expect from the new European Parliament and European Commission in 2025 in the tech and digital sector, the EU Digital Fairness Act, the different frameworks for inventive steps adopted by the European Patent Office and Unified Patent Court, the ‘invention’ test for combination products for Supplementary Protection Certificate eligibility introduced by the Court of Justice, the second draft of the EU AI Code of Practice, registration obligations under the EU AI Act as well as M&A arbitration under the EU AI Act. In addition, this week the Commission opened consultation on Common Agricultural Policy for farmers, and launched feedback on nature restoration plan format and the COMBINE programme for medical trials, the European Union Intellectual Property Office revealed significant economic advantages for IPR-holding firms in the EU and the new Health Technology Assessment rules became applicable.

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes an analysis of the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act and copyright related rights, updates on the Court of Justice of the EU's new transparency and workload management measures and the Council of the EU's adoption of Instant Payments Regulation. In addition, this week the European Parliament has approved updated rules on the Waste Shipment Directive, Environmental Crime Directive, the Regulation on geographical indications (GIs) on products, and Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and proposed a new rules for the music streaming sector.

Welcome to this week’s edition of the In-house weekly highlights, a curated summary of news analysis and new content from across the legal landscape. These highlights focus on key risk & compliance, commercial, corporate, information law and employment developments that will be relevant to most in-house lawyers.