The Court held that, although the faulty drainage was a 'relevant defect', as the problem with the drainage could not have been discovered on reasonable inspection, it was a latent defect.

"The 21st century will be the century of space." With these words, Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, presented the draft for an EU Space Act on 25 June 2025.

The organisers of the Olympic and Paralympic games try to ensure, by means of intellectual property and other laws, that the huge investment of the official sponsors is protected from ambush marketing.

Last month, the Court of Appeal in the case of Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing LLP held that in searching for information organisations, in certain circumstances, could claim disproportionate effort..

On 15 March 2017, China's General Provisions of Civil Law ("General Provisions") were adopted at the 5th Session of the 12th National People's Congress...

In order to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and the European Green Deal - climate neutrality by 2050 - significant CO2 reductions in specific, especially emission-intensive sectors ...

The legislative process to enact an ePrivacy Regulation has been going on for a while: a first draft was introduced by the European Commission on 10 January 2017.

This was a case concerning a claim for privilege over an engineering report commissioned in the course of investigations into a claim for hurricane damage sustained to an insured highway in Mexico.

Very short term lettings, such as those offered on Air B'n'B and its competitors, are becoming increasingly popular. The tenant in this case had been granting short term sublettings of this nature.

In response to the increasing importance of sustainability and ESG (environmental, social, governance), many companies are currently dealing with the question of which of their departments...

The GDPR has a very broad scope of application; companies doing business within the EU will often be subject to the GDPR, even if they have no establishments in the EU.

The US-based Beverly Hills Polo Club ("BHPC") fashion brand has successfully opposed the EUTM application of the French polo club, Polo Club Saint-Tropez ("Polo Club"), for its logo...

The German government's Coalition Agreement of November 2021 sets ambitious targets for the further expansion of renewable energies. Even without the war in Ukraine, electricity prices have ...

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Super Bock ruling provides additional clarity on the object test as the appropriate factual assessment and may have potential implications to ACM's decisions in relation to resale price maintenance.

With the GDPR entering into force, not only have data protection standards been raised EU-wide, but supervisory authorities have also been empowered to impose hefty fines to enforce these standards.

In the near future, due to new legal obligations or the expectations of their business partners, companies will increasingly have to prepare their own sustainability reports and publish them in some form.

Many providers in the German gambling market had high hopes for the year 2020. The long-awaited liberalisation of gaming regulations was about to finally begin.

The Data Act entered into force on 11 January 2024 and complements the Data Governance Act. Until now, discussions focused on the right to access data generated by connected products.

On 3 March 2015, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Andrea Leadsom announced that the proposed rules to regulate conduct in the banking sector will come into force on 7 March 2016.