Cashless payments by smartphone are becoming more and more popular. The phase in which credit card payments have become commonplace in Germany ...

A third higher regional court has ruled on the legality of website ad blockers, a further decision in one of several proceedings initiated against the distribution of "AdBlock Plus".

Which problems BREXIT will cause in detail is still unclear. At the present time, the BREXIT negotiations have led neither to a final resignation agreement ...

The German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) has recently strengthened Nivea-producer Beiersdorf's abstract color mark "Blue" in Germany (October 18, 2019 - 27 W (pat) 1/17).

With the GDPR in force for more than a year, most companies have spent a lot of time and money to implement the new requirements under data protection law.

German financial regulatory authority BaFin published further guidance on its view around tokens and crypto-currencies used to structure Initial Coins offerings (German version available here).

On January 9, 2018, the EU Commission announced that the United Kingdom (UK) would be treated as a third country within the meaning of the GDPR after its withdrawal from the EU on March 30, 2019.

Ganz unbestritten gibt es in der M&A-Transaktionspraxis gewisse Marktstandards. Auch wenn man über die Details heftig diskutieren kann, wird niemand bestreiten wollen ...

The Transposition Act for the Second EU Directive on Payment Services (PSD2) has been in force since January 13, 2018

In a landmark decision, Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court clarified that general managers cannot rely on their D&O insurance cover in the event of claims for repayment by an insolvency administrator under Section 64 German Act on Limited Liability Companies (Case I-4 U 93/16).

The Incoterms issued by the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) are set to be revised.

The Higher Regional Court of Dresden added another piece to the puzzle around user ratings and platform liability.

German courts had a few opportunities to decide on cease and desist claims against search engines with the aim to block certain search results in connection with the claimant's name

In its September 25, 2018 judgement, the 4th Criminal Division of Berlin Court of Appeal ruled that Bitcoin trading is not punishable because Bitcoins are not a financial instrument within the meaning of the Banking Act.

Just published in the New York Law Journal: William A. Tanenbaum and Dr. Matthias Orthwein, LL. M. (Boston) examine the Chinese AI model DeepSeek's dual-edged implications for international business.

Effective December 31, 2017, the U.S. Copyright Office introduced new rules governing the registration of service providers of certain telemedia services.

The decision of January 11, 2019 caused lots of media attention.

Placing a focus on female empowerment, law firm SKW Schwarz hosted the first DIGITAL FEMALE event in cooperation with Axel Springer at Münzstudio in Berlin on September 12, 2019.

On October 1,2019 the European Court of Justice ruled that website operators cannot obtain consent to the setting of cookies...

Following a number of rumors, it is now official: fines for data protection infringements will be imposed according to a uniform procedure in the future.