Tag: Consumer protection

The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) currently has to decide whether a breach by the operator of a social network of the obligation under data ...

The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection intends to clarify that statements on social media about products that are made without consideration and primarily ...

The Federal Ministry of Justice and for Consumer Protection (BMJV) is conducting a public consultation on the implementation of the two copyright directives (EU) 2019/790 ...

The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi from www.insightlegal.it and will be published here in German and in an adapted version after agreement ...

The First Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible among other things for claims under the Unfair Competition Act, has ...

The almost innumerable consumer protection standards often require that the consumer information is placed directly on the advertising material, first and foremost among others the ...

As of September 1, 2019, the Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection established an additional Civil Panel at the Federal Court of Justice, which ...

Updates to EU consumer protection rules to improve ranking transparency in online marketplaces and combat double quality of products were adopted by MEPs on Wednesday. ...

The German government has introduced a new bill to strengthen fair competition, which could help small and medium-sized companies in particular, as well as small ...

The German Federal Cartel Office has launched a sector inquiry into user ratings on the Internet. Research and media reports repeatedly point out that user ...

According to the ECJ, if someone publishes several sales advertisements on a website, this does not automatically establish the activity as a "trader". This can ...

The Federal Cabinet today approved the draft law on the improvement of the protection of privacy in image recordings, presented by the Federal Minister of ...

What is it all about? If a mobile phone company threatens its customer to block its connection in the event of non-payment of a disputed ...

The German government's draft law to strengthen fair competition(see my article here) will be discussed by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection in ...

The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi from www.insightlegal.it and is published here in German and in an adapted version by arrangement. The ...

Now and then, as a lawyer, I suspect that colleagues and courts are too boring when they decide on legal priorities in everyday life. There ...

The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main has ruled that the lack of a picture of the indication of the ElectroG, on the packaging ...

Time and again, one has to hear from clients that, in the event of a warning that seems justified, one can simply sign the injunction, ...

At the end of January this year, the Regional Court of Bochum ruled that the age restriction for alcoholic beverages also applies to online sales. ...

The Federal Association of Consumer Centres and Consumer Associations, Consumer Association of the German Federal Association of Consumers, sued Amazon before the German courts with ...