For the purposes of combating market abuse offences, European Union law does not allow for the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic data for a period of one year from the day of registration by operators of electronic communications services, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled on Tuesday 20 September (joined cases C-339&397/20).
In France, two litigants accused of insider dealing are challenging the French Cour de Cassation basing its decision on national provisions, which do...