June 27, 2014
With Canada’s new anti-spam law (CASL) coming into force right around the corner (next week on July 1st) Canadian and international businesses that market to Canadians are finalizing initial CASL compliance preparations (including a flurry of consent request e-mails – which will not be permitted to request consent …read more
Bulgaria has continued the process to merge the nation’s consumer protection and antitrust watchdogs into a single entity as officials in Parliament pushed the proposal forward.
The nation’s parliamentary Committee on Economic Policy and Tourism approved the proposed merger Thursday. The plan would combine the Commission on Consumer Protection and the …read more
The Competition Commission of India has begun the process of filling two vacant spots available at the authority, reports say.
The spots, left open by SN Dhingra and Geeta Gouri when they departed the regulator earlier this year, will be open to application submissions until July 24, the CCI said. Reports …read more
The European Commission is reportedly pressuring Germany to rethink plans to impose a surcharge on energy costs to fund green energy, saying the proposals could breach state aid rules, but Germany has reportedly vowed to push back against the Commission’s views.
Germany has proposed to issue fees to energy customers to …read more