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The German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) has recently clarified important legal standards for companies providing digital services. In...
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In a recent ruling, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart (HRC) has set an interesting precedent in the realm of data protection and...
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The European and German courts kicked off February with a series of significant rulings on data protection matters. In February 2025,...
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The European Courts started into the year 2025 with a bang. In the second week of January 2025, they issued three highly relevant...
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Introduction Providing information under Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) presents significant technical and...
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At the end of the year, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) delivered one of the most significant rulings of 2024 on Art. 82 GDPR....
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The relation between competition and data protection laws is becoming increasingly crucial as digitalization progresses. Both national...
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a landmark regulation that aims to create a safer and more accountable online environment in the EU. It...
In privacy litigation, particularly in mass actions related to data scraping, plaintiffs often face the challenge of proving that they...
The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) recently clarified some of the requirements that the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG)...
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Mass litigation for GDPR compensation claims have become a common legal challenge for many companies in Germany in recent years. You...
We are excited to introduce our new series 'Tech Litigation News’ on platform and privacy litigation. As the European digital...
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Can parties request discovery to seek out further discovery? Courts have found that it is allowable, but in limited circumstances. For...
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In October 2023, the multi-trillion-dollar United States residential real estate industry was upended by a jury verdict in a Federal...
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In a decision published this morning, the French Constitutional Court struck out the provisions introduced into the 'Justice Program Law'...
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Earlier this year, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on a case involving the adequacy of search terms...