If your business operates online and uses common marketing tools, your business is at risk of being targeted for lawsuits under pre-internet wiretapping and video rental privacy laws. It is critical to address and mitigate risk before these claims are filed.
Since our last update, significant developments have occurred in the German gambling landscape, further shaping the regulatory environment. While some progress has been made, many legal questions and regulatory challenges remain unresolved, particularly in the areas of licensing, enforcement, and cross-border operations.
The Cuatrecasas Acelera open innovation program, which has helped over 50 startups to validate their legal strategy and improve their compliance, has selected six projects from the energy, fintech, foodtech, healthtech, legaltech and proptech sectors.
Following the suspension of a case by the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in January 2024 (Case No. I ZR 53/23) in light of a pending case before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) (Case No. C-440/23), the BGH has now referred another case regarding online sports betting losses to the ECJ (decision of 25 July 2024 - Case No. I ZR 90/23).
In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the amount of legislation generated at an EU level with a view to improving cybersecurity across Europe. The Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2), the Cyber Resilience Act, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and the EU Cybersecurity Act are each aimed at...
