The VII Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible, among other things, for appeals concerning the general prerequisites of compulsory enforcement, had [...]
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Unsolicited telephone advertising has become a serious problem. According to a survey conducted by the forsa Institute in the fall of 2007, 86 [...]
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On January 20, 2007, the plaintiff signed a form contract "Contract Agreement KombiSTA Electricity [...]" provided by the defendant, an electricity and gas supply company.
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In an order dated May 12, 2009, the Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court (OLG) ruled in appeal proceedings that the first purchaser [...]
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The First Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had to decide whether the plaintiff Günther Jauch was entitled to payment for the use of his [...] likeness.
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On March 31, 2009, the Federal Network Agency announced new charges for access to the subscriber line (ULL) of Deutsche Telekom AG (DT AG), the so-called last [...].
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