On 11 October 2016, Luxembourg’s Parliament (Chambre des députés) approved the draft law n° 6935 on the reform of parental leave (Projet de loi portant réforme du congé parental). This law, which is supposed to enter into force on 1st December 2016, will enable more employees, especially fathers, to take parental leave. It provides more flexible […]

Following the recent adoption of the EU data protection reform, companies handling personal data will need to focus on their privacy policies and internal practices to ensure they meet the high new reformed standards. In this context, it is crucial to draw the line between personal data to which data protection rules apply and simple […]

After two and a half years of negotiations with the U.S. authorities and the invalidation of the Safe Harbour decision by the European Union Court of Justice, the European Commission adopted, on 12 July 2016, the new legal framework for the transatlantic transfers of personal data, called the “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield”. Here is an overview […]

After 4 years of negotiations, the final “Data Protection Package”, which sets out new European rules on privacy in the digital age, was formally adopted by the European Parliament and Council on April 2016. Here are some background and key points of the reform, together with a checklist to help you to comply with these […]

This newsletter supplements the previous ones on the Luxembourg act reforming company law dated 10 August 2016, as published in the Luxembourg Official Gazette on 19 August 2016 and which came into force on 23 August 2016 (the “Law”), with respect to the main changes impacting the regime of Luxembourg private limited liability companies (sociétés […]