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4/16/2025 7:09:13 AM New Authority for Accessibility Surveillance Established By Johannes Berchtold Hannah von Wickede The State Chancellery and the Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) have announced the establishment of the "Market Surveillance...
3/19/2025 12:15:16 PM 1.500 EUR GDPR fine against Employee for unlawful Database Query By Johannes Berchtold Hannah von Wickede In a recent ruling, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart (HRC) has set an interesting precedent in the realm of data protection and...
3/5/2025 11:33:54 AM February 2025 in Review: Courts on Data Protection – Damages, Transparency & More By Johannes Berchtold Patricia Geyler The European and German courts kicked off February with a series of significant rulings on data protection matters. In February 2025,...
1/30/2025 5:00:28 PM NIS2 implementation in Germany failed By Johannes Berchtold Christian Leuthner The efforts to implement the NIS2 Directive (NIS2) and the CER Directive (CER) have finally failed. Representatives from the German...
9/26/2024 7:37:10 AM Liability for missing cancellation button on third party website By Hannah von Wickede Johannes Berchtold Andy Splittgerber An e-commerce platform offering online subscriptions exclusively via the website of a partner company (“partner website”) must ensure...
9/16/2024 10:22:52 AM Navigating the Intersections of Data Protection and Competition Laws By Johannes Berchtold Nadja Rünzel The relation between competition and data protection laws is becoming increasingly crucial as digitalization progresses. Both national...
8/30/2024 12:04:20 PM Status update on the public enforcement of the Digital Services Act By Johannes Berchtold Hannah von Wickede Andy Splittgerber The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a landmark regulation that aims to create a safer and more accountable online environment in the EU. It...
8/21/2024 9:24:28 AM Regional Court of Lübeck: www.haveibeenpwned.com is not sufficient evidence By Hannah von Wickede Johannes Berchtold Andy Splittgerber In privacy litigation, particularly in mass actions related to data scraping, plaintiffs often face the challenge of proving that they...
11/20/2023 12:59:21 PM One more time - Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt stumbling again? By Katrin Gerceker And again. The rumours about the Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt stores have barely died down before they start boiling again. This time...
10/26/2023 2:40:20 PM Gas storage and consumption: Latest developments in the German market. By Simone Goligorsky Katrin Gerceker Looking at the current status of energy supply (as of 24 October 2023), Germany's natural gas storage facilities have reached 98.8%...
10/2/2023 5:07:55 PM ESG - Germany's ESG Data Center Market is on the rise By Moritz Reinhard The Data Center Market in Germany, even though a tight knit community, is on a continuing rise. This is especially true for the Frankfurt...
8/31/2023 2:09:38 PM ESG - The Big Shift: Germany's green transition to energy efficient real estate By Cihangir Agdemir Germany's real estate market is undergoing a transformation driven by climate goals. Over 60% of existing housing must be renovated in...
7/14/2023 2:07:07 PM Facility Management: Challenges, opportunities and trends in an important side sector of the Real Estate Market! By Jimmy Theodorou Katrin Gerceker The new way of working, digitalization and a growing awareness of sustainability are also changing the requirements for contemporary...
6/20/2023 12:43:22 PM German Transparency Register: Last call for (foreign) real estate companies! - The deadline for the reporting is 30 June 2023. By Etienne Richthammer Rene Lochmann Katrin Gerceker Foreign companies that acquire real estate in Germany, either directly or by acquiring shares (so-called "share deals"), have already...
5/26/2023 4:36:23 PM Germany: The new Whistleblower Protection Act By Judith Becker Elisa Saier After long negotiations, the German Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG) was passed by the German legislature on Friday, 12 May 2023....
10/25/2022 2:38:37 PM German financial regulator publishes FinTech Innovation Hub By Anselm Reinertshofer The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, "BaFin") has recently published an...