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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,...
1/27/2025 9:23:22 AM January 2025 in Review: European Courts on Data Protection By Johannes Berchtold Hannah von Wickede The European Courts started into the year 2025 with a bang. In the second week of January 2025, they issued three highly relevant...
1/7/2025 1:09:28 PM HRC Frankfurt a. M.: Provision of a Self-Service Tool Meets the Right to Access By Johannes Berchtold Hannah von Wickede Introduction Providing information under Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) presents significant technical and...
12/19/2024 7:53:47 AM The Future of Privacy Litigation - back to the roots?! By Johannes Berchtold Hannah von Wickede 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....
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...
8/7/2024 11:44:28 AM New Case Law on Advertising with Online Reviews By Johannes Berchtold Hannah von Wickede Andy Splittgerber The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) recently clarified some of the requirements that the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG)...
7/31/2024 12:33:40 PM Explaining GDPR Mass Litigation in Germany By Johannes Berchtold Hannah von Wickede Andy Splittgerber Mass litigation for GDPR compensation claims have become a common legal challenge for many companies in Germany in recent years. You...
7/25/2024 9:17:59 AM How to stay ahead of the curve in privacy litigation: Introducing our new series on platform and privacy litigation By Hannah von Wickede Johannes Berchtold Andy Splittgerber We are excited to introduce our new series 'Tech Litigation News’ on platform and privacy litigation. As the European digital...
4/8/2024 4:36:03 PM Discovery on Discovery Permitted to Determine Duty to Preserve Timeline By Brittney Pepper Can parties request discovery to seek out further discovery? Courts have found that it is allowable, but in limited circumstances. For...
1/30/2024 1:20:01 PM The Potential Impact Of A Recent Residential Real Estate Broker Commission Case On Us Commercial Real Estate Broker Commissions By Peter Kogan In October 2023, the multi-trillion-dollar United States residential real estate industry was upended by a jury verdict in a Federal...
11/17/2023 3:24:02 PM French constitutional court strikes down new legal privilege for in-house counsel By Nicolas Walker In a decision published this morning, the French Constitutional Court struck out the provisions introduced into the 'Justice Program Law'...
10/26/2023 2:56:50 PM Narrow search terms lead to sanctions in COVID-19 case By Bradley Whitecap 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...
10/28/2022 5:08:14 PM EPA Enforcement Focus: Stationary Engines By Megan Haines A.J. Wissinger A recent US EPA enforcement alert targets air emissions from stationary engines. Companies in a variety of industries rely on stationary...