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Only Stromberg plums may also be called so: the European Commission has added the plum on 08.11.2013 to the list of protected [...]
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In a decision, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) dealt with the validity of a shipping and [...]
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Deutsche Telekom may not reserve the right within its contracts for Internet flat rates in the fixed network area to reduce the transmission speed when a certain [...]
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The Higher Regional Court of Hamm has ruled that a specialist surgeon owes a patient 220,000 euros in compensation for pain and suffering because he [...]
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