The German Cabinet has approved a draft law to combat unauthorized telephone advertising and so-called cost traps on the Internet. "We are protecting consumers [...]
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The Federal Network Agency announced two rate decisions in the telecommunications sector on June 30, 2008. Both approvals relate to wholesale products that Deutsche Telekom AG (DT AG) [...].
Learn moreParents are sometimes liable for their children after all - at least in Munich
According to a judgment pronounced on June 19, 2008 by the 7th Civil Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court ( LG München I), parents may, in addition [...]
Learn moreDENIC eG obliged to register two-digit ".de" domains
The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt a.M. (OLG Frankfurt a. M.) ruled in its judgment of April 29, 2008 - Ref.: 11 U 32/04 - that [...]
Learn moreIneffective cosmetic repair clause does not entitle to rent increase
The VIII. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible, among other things, for residential tenancy law. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had to decide whether a landlord in the [...]
Learn moreStoererhaftung (Breach of Duty of Care) only if inspection duties are violated
In a judgment pronounced on July 1, 2008, the 11th Civil Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main (OLG Frankfurt a.M.) ruled on the [...]
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