Oct 10, 2024 The EU Product Liability Directive: Key Implications for Software and AI By Moritz Becker Lutz Riede Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Christina Moellnitz +2 more... Show less The European Union‘s updated Product Liability Directive (PLD), adopted by the European Council today and expected to come into effect in...
Oct 09, 2024 Plans for a new online procedure for civil proceedings in Germany – the first real-world laboratory in the German justice system By Martina de Lind van Wijngaarden Katharina Shingler Helena Pilz The German justice system is to become more digital. One of the planned innovations to achieve this is a proposal by the Federal Ministry...
Sep 27, 2024 UK Supreme Court confirms the circumstances in which UK anti-suit injunctions are available in support of foreign-seated arbitrations By Ali Kirby-Harris Eid-Daniel Jadon Maxim Pyrkov Flavia Williams Jack Harrison Tobias Messervy-Whiting +3 more... Show less On 18 September 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC following an earlier...
Sep 27, 2024 Privilege in the context of European tax investigations: Court of Justice confirms tax advice is privileged By Helen Buchanan Laura Western Almost all corporate taxpayers will have sought the advice of tax lawyers at one time or another – be it in the context of a transaction,...
Sep 12, 2024 High Court Clips the Wings of Class Action against Airlines By Emma Probyn Eid-Daniel Jadon Matt Allison The English High Court has struck out a class action claim against two airlines in which the Claimant sought to secure flight delay...
Aug 21, 2024 ICSID Background Paper on Compliance and Enforcement of Awards: Valuable insights on the monetisation of ICSID claims By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Marta García Bel Gregorio Pettazzi Rosario Galardi Gonzalo Salazar +3 more... Show less The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) plays a vital role in facilitating the resolution of disputes...
Jul 31, 2024 The Right to Repair Directive: Empowering Consumers and Promoting Sustainability By Moritz Becker Anita Bell Hannah Meyer As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented rate, manufacturers are increasingly challenged to balance innovation with...
Jul 26, 2024 German Civil Procedure Goes Digital – New regulation on virtual participation in oral hearings By Elisabeth Weber Fabian Seigfried Status quo Virtual participation in oral hearings has become an important part in German civil proceedings. Conducting oral hearings,...
Jul 23, 2024 The start of a new chapter of investor lawsuits? – Second reform of the German Capital Markets Model Case Act is now in force By Elisabeth Weber Stefanie Fay Jan Henning Buschfeld Marie Laubenstein Theresa Schumacher Johanna Möller +3 more... Show less Germany and collective actions have not been a big success story so far. The development of collective redress mechanisms in Germany has...
Jul 05, 2024 UK Supreme Court rules that downstream emissions of fossil fuel projects must be assessed before granting planning permission By Cat Greenwood-Smith Adele Marriott Laila Pourdad On 20 June 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of Weald Action...
Jul 05, 2024 High Court lays down important points of principle for costs budgeting in large-scale and complex group litigation By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Rebecca Fenning Alice Goodinge Owen Jack +2 more... Show less In a judgment handed down today, the High Court has laid down a number of significant points of principle for cost management exercises...
Jul 04, 2024 Digital or printed? Navigating liability and evidence in product instruction and safety information By Laura Knoke Kristina Weiler Rixa Kuhmann Hendrik Wilkens +1 more... Show less I. Introduction Manufacturers of consumer-facing products in the increasingly integrated European market operate in a complex...