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THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE SYSTEMS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
I. INTRODUCTION Judgment 595/2026 of 28 May 2026 of the High Court of Justice of Santander (hereinafter ‘TSJ’)[1] analyses the employment law consequences arising from a breach of a company’s internal policies on conflicts of interest. The judgement confirms the validity of the disciplinary dismissal of an employee who failed to disclose a family connection with a subcontractor whose work he was required to supervise, and who continued to oversee...
Limits on the imposition of national obligations on digital service providers established in other Member States and the liability of intermediary service providers: Cases C-188/24 and C-190/24
The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter ‘CJEU‘) of 16 June 2026, delivered by the Grand Chamber in the joined cases C-188/24 and C-190/24, resolves the two questions referred for a preliminary ruling by the Conseil d’État, the French Council of State, which was hearing the two joined proceedings. Although the original cases concerned two different issues -minors’ access to pornography and the notification of police checks...
THE CJEU UPHOLDS THE €4.125 BILLION FINE IN THE GOOGLE ANDROID CASE
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed the appeal brought by Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. in Case C-738/22 P, upholding, in substance, the General Court’s judgment of September 14, 2022 (T-604/18) and confirming the €4.125 billion fine. This brings to a close one of the most significant EU antitrust proceedings against large technology platforms and consolidates a highly relevant line of case law for the application of Article 102 TFEU in digital...