Alix Partners hat zuletzt bei Home Depot in den USA und bei zwei führenden europäischen DIY-Händlern harte Entscheidungen getroffen.

The EU is ramping up strict and tort product liability for faulty AI and software. The current revision of the Product Liability Directive 85/374/EEC includes AI,...

Today representatives of EU member states agreed on a mutual position regarding the Commission's Proposal for a Directive on representative actions.

But what is 3D-printing? Simply put, it is a machine that builds an object out of base materials by successively stacking thin layers of the materials in accordance

The Bundeskartellamt has decided for discretionary reasons to terminate its proceeding against Yd. Yourdelivery GmbH, a Berlin-based platform operates under the name Lieferando...

The case involved a loyalty program offering consumers benefits in exchange for a one-time payment and ending automatically after twelve months.

Für Online-Bestellungen ist vorgegeben, dass mindestens eine übliche Zahlungsmethode vom Verkäufer angeboten werden muss, für die keine zusätzlichen Gebühren anfallen.

One year after the new EU Consumer Credit Directive (Directive 2023/2225) came into force, questions remain: When will it be implemented? What will be regulated? How is the business community reacting...

Zurückhaltung lautet das Credo der Stunde – zumindest unter den Schweizer Konsumenten.

With the entry into force of the new Unterlassungsklagengesetz on February 24, 2016 consumer protection and other qualified associations are allowed to send warning letters or to sue companies that breach data protection law.

Wie viele Handelsbranchen befindet sich auch die Convenience-Industrie inmitten einer Zeitenwende. Von wachsender Konkurrenz durch neue Markteintritte...

Nach dem Produkthaftungsrecht in der Europäischen Union haften Hersteller von Produkten verschuldensunabhängig, wenn ein Produkt unsicher ist und dies zu einer Verletzung bestimmter Rechtsgüter führt ...

Germany is implementing new EU requirements that mandate online merchants to provide an electronic withdrawal button, fundamentally changing how consumers can exit digital contracts. The legislation establishes specific technical and legal requirements for this withdrawal function, including design standards, data confirmation processes, and receipt acknowledgments.

On December 17, 2015, the German Parliament passed a new act which permits consumer protection associations, industry and commerce chambers or other approved business associations to file privacy class actions.

An amendment to purchasing law entered into effect on January 1, 2018. If products sold are defective, the seller now has to reimburse the cost of dismantling the defective item ...

Der Senior Vice President arbeitet in New York, der Kollege, mit dem man an einem neuen Projekt arbeitet, hat sein Büro in London und der Geschäftspartner am anderen

On appeal, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf increased the fines imposed on the companies involved in the infringement.

According to a press release of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband; ‘vzbv') dated 19 July 2017, the German Federal Supreme Court (‘FSC')...

According to our recent global travel survey, consumers are still prioritising leisure travel in 2023 despite financial constraints.

In 2016, the Plaintiff initiated court proceedings against a major German online retailer