Since December 6, 2025, the European NIS2 Directive has been implemented in Germany in the Act on the Federal Office for Information Security (BSIG). The so-called BSIG introduces binding obligations in the area of IT and cybersecurity for many companies in affected sectors for the first time. A key point here is the reporting obligations...

On November 13, 2025, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) (judgment of November 13, 2025 – Case C-654/23) clarified the rules for sending newsletters to existing customers. The subject of the decision was the interpretation of Art. 6 (1) GDPR and Art. 13 (1) and (2) of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC,...

On June 28, 2025, the new German Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (BFSG) comes into force in Germany and obliges many companies to make their digital products and services accessible. The German law is based on the European Accessibility Act (EAA) from 2019. Digital accessibility means that websites, apps and other digital content must be designed in such a...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has answered two controversial questions with its decision of October 4, 2024 in case C-21/23: The background to the procedure is the action taken by a pharmacist against competitors due to the sale of pharmacy-only medicines that are not subject to prescription. In his opinion, their distribution via Amazon...

The shareholder of a public company is entitled to information about the names, addresses and shareholdings of the co-shareholders. The assertion of this right does not constitute an impermissible exercise of rights or an abuse of the right to information, even if it serves, among other things, the purpose of submitting purchase offers to the...

The Higher Regional Court of Hamm (judgment of April 27, 2023 – 4 U 247/21) had to deal with the question of whether aerial photographs of fine artworks taken by a drone infringe the artists’ copyright or whether such photographs are permissible under the keyword of “panorama freedom” according to German Copyright Act, Section 59...