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Appeals Courts International 

Europe’s Highest Court Hears Its First Case in Irish Language

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 CAIN BURDEAU
European Court of Justice, European Union, Ireland, labeling, language

“Ní in éagmais saincheisteanna atá an cás idir lámha.” That’s Irish for: “There is no shortage of issues invoked in the present case.”

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Appeals Criminal International 

Owner of Truck Used for Smuggling Must Get Day in Court

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 MOLLY QUELL
Bulgaria, European Court of Justice, smuggling, trucks

EU countries cannot confiscate goods used in smuggling unless the owner is allowed to bring a court challenge, the union’s top court ruled Thursday.

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Appeals Energy International 

Court OKs Fuel Discount in Italian Border Region

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 CAIN BURDEAU
borders, European Court of Justice, Italy, Oil and gas, Taxes

Gas is much cheaper in Slovenia, so neighboring Friuli Venezia Giulia uses a discount at the pumps to keep customers on Italy’s side of the border.

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Appeals Government International 

Refugees Protected by UN Not Automatically Barred From Asylum in EU

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 MOLLY QUELL
Asylum, European Court of Justice, European Union, Germany, Palestine, refugees

The EU’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Germany must consider all factors that led a Palestinian refugee to seek asylum in the bloc, despite being eligible for United Nations protections, before turning him away.

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Appeals Business International Media Technology 

EU Ruling Broadens Facebook Vulnerability on Data Privacy

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 MOLLY QUELL
digital data, European Court of Justice, Facebook, privacy

Ireland may be home to Facebook’s European headquarters, but that doesn’t make the Irish Data Protection Commission the only body able to go after the social media giant, a magistrate for the EU’s top court said Tuesday.

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Criminal International 

European Arrest Warrants Must Have National Link, Court Rules

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 CAIN BURDEAU
European Court of Justice, warrant

The European Court of Justice said European Union arrest warrants are invalid unless they are based on a national arrest warrant or a similar judicial order.

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Courts Government International 

EU Magistrates Delve Into Rule-of-Law Disputes in Poland, Malta

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
European Court of Justice, European Union, judiciary, Poland

European magistrates on Thursday waded into contentious battles over judicial independence in Poland and Malta and legal challenges to the way judges are appointed in those countries, where critics say the rule of law has been eroded.

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Appeals International Law Religion 

Ban on Ritual Animal Slaughter Upheld by EU High Court

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
animals, Belgium, European Court of Justice, European Union, Islam, judaism

Ruling against an unlikely alliance of Jewish and Muslim leaders, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday that member states can require that animals be stunned before being killed.

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Appeals Government International 

EU Slams Hungary for Mistreating Asylum Seekers

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
Asylum, EU, European Court of Justice, Hungary, immigration

After hundreds of thousands of immigrants and refugees crammed into Europe in 2015, Hungary violated EU laws when it forced asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants into transit zones along its border, Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday.

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Financial Government International 

Top EU Court Tosses Lawyer’s Challenge to Cyprus Bailout

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
Bailout, banking, European Court of Justice, European Union, eurozone

A Cypriot lawyer with ties to the Trump administration lost his final appeal before the EU’s high court Wednesday in a dispute over money lost during the last financial crisis.

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Appeals Government International Media 

French Broadcaster Defeats Film Antitrust Deal at EU High Court

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
antitrust, contract, EU, European Court of Justice, movies, Settlement, television

French media company Canal+ prevailed over European Union competition regulators Wednesday in its challenge to a settlement agreement that prevents companies from blocking content based on location.

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Appeals Employment Government International 

EU High Court Upholds Stronger Protections for Cross-Border Workers

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
EU, European Court of Justice, Hungary, Poland, regulation, wages

Rejecting protests from Hungary and Poland, the European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that the bloc can tighten rules governing workers sent outside their home countries.

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Appeals Business Consumers International 

EU Magistrate: No Money Back for Flights Rerouted to Nearby Airport

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
airlines, airports, European Court of Justice, Travel

Airlines don’t have to pay passengers for a short travel delay caused by planes landing at another airport in the same destination city, an adviser to the EU’s top court said Thursday.

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Appeals Environment Government International 

Magistrate Slams Spain for Not Protecting Nature Reserve

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
EU, European Commission, European Court of Justice, national parks, Spain

Spain was reprimanded by a European magistrate on Thursday for not doing more to protect one of Europe’s largest nature preserves, a marshy delta in Spain’s dry southern region of Andalusia.

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Appeals Environment Government Health International 

EU Court Nixes Brussels Suit Over Dangerous Herbicide Glyphosate

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
Brussels, European Commission, European Court of Justice, pesticides

Europe’s highest court on Thursday tossed out a challenge from Brussels to the European Commission decision that lets Europeans use glyphosate-based herbicides known to harm bees.

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Appeals Business Consumers International 

Taxi-Hailing App Prevails in Challenge to Romanian Regulations

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
apps, European Court of Justice, fines, Romania, transportation

A Romanian taxi-hailing app is an information service, not a transportation company, and shouldn’t have been fined for not seeking regulatory approval, the EU’s highest court held Thursday.

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Appeals Government International Politics 

Magistrate Backs EU Bid to Sanction Hungary Over Rule-of-Law Issues

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
Diplomacy, EU, European Court of Justice, Hungary

Hungary’s far-right government suffered a legal setback Thursday in its effort to stop the European Union from treating it as a dangerously undemocratic nation where the rule of law is in jeopardy.

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Appeals Business Employment International 

EU Truck Drivers Can Benefit From ‘Posted Worker’ Rules

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
borders, EU, European Court of Justice, Labor, trucks, unions

Long-distance truck drivers who cross borders for work are covered by European Union rules that ensure employees are treated fairly when they work outside their home country, Europe’s highest court held on Tuesday.

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Appeals Government International Law 

Court Holds Dutch Prosecutors Can’t Expand European Warrants

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
EU, European Court of Justice, Netherlands, prosecutors, warrant

Dutch public prosecutors cannot extend the scope of European Union arrest warrants because they answer to a higher political body, the EU’s top court held Tuesday.

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Appeals Government International Law 

Visa Denials Based on Foreign Complaints Must Be Explained, EU Court Rules

November 24, 2020November 25, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
EU, European Court of Justice, Netherlands, Visas

European Union countries that turn down visa requests based on objections from other nations must tell the applicant why they were rejected, the bloc’s high court ruled Tuesday.

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