The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible among other things for copyright law, ruled on June 18, 2015 that the reproduction of [...]
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On June 11, 2015, the I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible, among other things, for copyright law, upheld three judgments of the Cologne Higher Regional Court, [...]
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In a decision dated January 19, 2015, Case No.: 2 Sa 861/13, the Regional Labor Court of Cologne ruled that a Facebook user may take photos that a [...]
Learn moreSecret surveillance of employees only permissible in exceptional cases
An employer who assigns the surveillance of an employee to a detective on suspicion of feigned incapacity to work acts unlawfully if his [...]
Learn moreOn the admissibility of the "Tagesschau" app
The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for competition law among other things, has dealt with the admissibility of the "Tagesschau App". The [...]
Learn moreToo slow DSL connection justifies termination of contract
In numerous contracts from telecommunications providers, the connection speed of the Internet connection almost always states: "up to xy Mbit/s in download". This [...]
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