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EU Court of Justice
Coverage of EU Court of Justice in the Nexus archive.
- EU court clears path for man seeking DNA test on buried father
An EU court ruled that France must comply with an Italian court's order to exhume a body for DNA testing to establish parentage. The case involves a man seeking recognition as the biological son of a deceased man buried in France, highlighting cross-border legal cooperation and the right to know one's genetic origins.
- EU court draws line between journalism and paid criminal record databases
The EU's highest court ruled that selling access to criminal records does not qualify as journalism, rejecting a claim by Legal Newsdesk Sweden that its Lexbase database is protected by free-expression exemptions. The court emphasized that GDPR privacy protections cannot be overridden by constitutional free-speech claims, even for entities with publication certificates.