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Nach Inkrafttreten von § 19a GWB im Januar will der Digital Markets Act nun auch auf europäischer Ebene neue Regeln für die Digitalwirtschaft setzen.

On January 10, 2019, Munich Higher Regional Court ruled (Case 29 U 1091/18) in favor of a lawsuit brought by the North Rhine-Westphalia Verbraucherzentrale ...

Whether a reduction in staff is notifiable under s17 of the Consumer Protection Act depends on the thresholds set out in that section. The numbers of employees must be determined for each ...

Im Online-Handel werden den Kunden üblicherweise mehrere alternative Zahlungsmethoden (Rechnungskauf, Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, PayPal usw.)

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.

Das Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (BMJV) hat kürzlich den Referentenentwurf für ein Zweites Gesetz zur Vereinfachung und Modernisierung des Patentrechts (2. PatMoG) vorgelegt

Zwischen einem gerichtlich ausgeurteilten Nachteilsausgleich im Sinne des § 113 Abs. 3 BetrVG und einer mit dem Betriebsrat vereinbarten Sozialplanabfindung im Sinne von § 112 Abs.

The Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Cologne ruled on May 23, 2025 regarding the permissibility of using personal data for training artificial intelligence (AI) by Meta (Case No. 15 UKl 2/25). The core issues...

In October 2018, the German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") published its fourth paper in the series "Competition and Consumer Protection in the Digital Economy".

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 April 1, 2020, Germany's federal government published a new draft bill to amend the German Hate Speech Act (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz – "NetzDG";

To achieve the goals of the "European Green Deal", the EU Commission adopted a proposal for a directive on environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) in March 2023.

Key Takeaways: All things digital are high on the agenda of the new German government. Its coalition agreement is full of "digital" plans across numerous policy areas.

The EU's new Credit Servicers Directive is well on its way to becoming a reality. As part of the process, the European Parliament's ECON committee recently published two reports...

On 1 November 2018, a new legislation enabling model declaratory actions on behalf of consumers against companies came into force.

The German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) has proposed a draft bill revising the German Product Liability Act (ProdHaftG-E)...

From September 2023, consumer protection associations will have a new legal instrument at their disposal to obtain collective redress against businesses on behalf of consumers.