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Last but not least - the last mile
Particularly in view of the approaching second wave of the coronavirus and another lockdown, there is a renewed focus on innovations, such as how companies can make fast, safe and cheap deliveries to…
Digital legacy: traces of the deceased - How to enforce the right to access a deceased person’s user account
What happens to our data on the internet after we die? The majority of Germans would leave behind Facebook accounts and other social network accounts containing texts, photographs, videos and chat…
Italian Desk News 10/2020
Con questa newsletter intendiamo informare le aziende italiane che operano in Germania in merito alla possibilità di agire contro lo Stato tedesco per ottenere un indennizzo a seguito della chiusura…
Use-it-or-lose-it - EU Commission extends suspension of Slot Regulation
Normally, airlines must actually operate slots allocated to them for arrival or departure at an airport for at least 80% of the time in order to be able to maintain their slots in the following…
"I want it all, and I want it now, but I do not want to take any risks” - Logistics labour law on the last mile -
Online orders for clothes, cheese and other products have already been a big hit before Covid-19. During the lockdown even the last customer got a taste for pick-up and delivery services. In order to…
Federal Cartel Office launches sector inquiry on messenger services - the next step to a "Super Consumer Protection Authority" in the digital world?
The FCO is authorized to conduct so-called "sector inquiries". If, for example, rigid prices or other circumstances indicate that competition in Germany may be restricted or distorted, the FCO may…
On ISDS Reform and the ICSID-UNCITRAL Draft Code of Conduct for Adjudicators
The reform of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) has been on the agenda of Working Group III of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) since 2017. An intermediate…
Extended scope of investment screening creates further obstacles for M&A transactions
German investment control law has been tightened again. More and more transactions can be reviewed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (“FMEA”). For the fourth time in…
Strong customer authentication via apps - who takes responsibility for personal data?
Payment service providers must implement "strong customer authentication" in online payment transactions by the end of this year at the latest. A grace period granted by the Federal Financial…
German Bundestag adopts new Act to curb misuse of warnings
The first discussions relating to the new German “Fair Competition Enhancement Act” took place over a year ago and since then things have been quiet. Now, within the course of only one month, both…