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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 [...]
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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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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible among other things for copyright law, has overturned a judgment of the Hamburg Higher Regional Court [...]
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Pursuant to Section 22 KUG, images of employees may only be published with their consent. This must be given in writing. A publication without [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible for competition law, among other things, has ruled that the operator of a hotel rating portal cannot be held liable for [...]
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