Category: Justice and Fundamental Rights
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Antitrust Raids Can Seize Work Emails Without a Judge, Court Rules
Lisbon: A closely watched ruling from the European Union’s top court has handed competition regulators…
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MEPs Fail to Kill Chat Control as Empty Seats Count as Yes
Europe’s fight over scanning private messages took a strange turn on 9 July 2026, when…
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Anti-Doping Bans Can Be Published Online, EU Judges Rule
Vienna: Athletes who cheat can be named on the internet without breaching Europe’s strict privacy…
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Judges Uphold Email Seizure in Antitrust Raids Without a Warrant
Luxembourg: A fresh ruling from the Court of Justice has redrawn the boundary between competition…
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Watchdogs Warn Europol Reform Threatens Privacy Safeguards
Brussels: A sweeping Europol reform proposed by the European Commission on 24 June 2026 would…
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Naming Doped Athletes Online Must Pass a Privacy Test
Sports authorities that publish the names of drug cheats online won partial backing from the…
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Data Protection Complaints Survive When Courts Move First
Vienna: A citizen who takes a privacy dispute to court can still lodge a formal…
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Secret Evidence in Deportation Cases Now Meets Firm Court Limits
Budapest: Europe’s top court has told governments that they cannot expel people on the strength…
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Antitrust Raids Can Seize Business Emails Without a Judge
The EU’s top court has ruled that a business email seizure during an antitrust raid…
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Athletes Win a Right to Challenge Sports Bans in EU Court
Lisbon: The Court of Justice of the European Union has handed athletes and officials a…
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Regulators Must Hear Data Complaints Even During Lawsuits
Anyone who has ever lodged a privacy grievance knows the sting of being told to…
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Deportation on Secret Files Must Face a Judge, Court Rules
Vienna: A government cannot expel the foreign parent of a European Union citizen on the…
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Judges Strike Down Romania’s Time Limits in EU Fraud Cases
Luxembourg: The Court of Justice of the European Union has told Romania that its own…
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Parliament Shields Encrypted Chats From the Scanning Regime
Strasbourg: The European Parliament moved this month to protect encrypted chats from a controversial message-scanning…
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Secret Files Cannot Justify Deporting a Parent, EU Judges Rule
A secret security file, on its own, can no longer end a parent’s right to…
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Corruption Offences Meet Common Definitions Across the Union
Bucharest: In a capital that has spent two decades wrestling with graft and the prosecutors…
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Data Protection Rules Bend as Judges Admit Illicit Evidence
Luxembourg: From the bench where the Union’s highest court sits, a recent judgment has softened…
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Chat Control Survives in Parliament yet Encrypted Chats Escape
Strasbourg: The European Parliament let the EU’s chat control scanning regime survive on 9 July…
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Top EU Court Redraws the Line Between Privacy and Free Speech
Luxembourg: The Court of Justice of the European Union handed down a judgment on 9…
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Brussels Publishes Its Rule of Law Report Amid Stark Warnings
Brussels: The European Commission published its 2026 rule of law report on 15 July, delivering…
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Gender Recognition Must Follow Citizens Across EU Borders
Sofia: When a citizen legally changes gender in one member state, that status cannot dissolve…
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Paid Criminal Record Databases Fall Outside Europe’s Press Shield
A ruling from the European Union’s highest court has drawn a hard line between genuine…
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Chat Control Survives a Vote That Most MEPs Rejected
Strasbourg: A proposal can lose a vote and survive at the same time. That paradox…
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Streaming Giants Fight Belgium’s Copyright Law at Europe’s Court
The world’s most powerful streaming platforms spent two days this month trying to convince the…