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Dr. Carlo Piltz on Legal bases of third-party services for tracking purposes

Category: data protection Industry: automotive, healthcare, consumer goods, machine construction Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz Date: 2019

Dr. Carlo Piltz, Salary Partner at reuschlaw Legal Consultants, provides a brief overview of what the press releases specified and what does or does more...

Bill for a German corporate crime law

Category: compliance Industry: automotive, machine construction, healthcare, consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch , Dennis Bernhardt Date: 2019

Federal Ministry of Justice presents a bill for an Act to Combat Corporate Crime more...

No duty to notify customers of Android's security gaps

Category: cybersecurity , product liability Industry: consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2019

An electronics store need not disclose security gaps and the absence of updates to the operating systems of the smart phones it sells more...

German government adopts stricter due diligence obligations for the import of conflict minerals

Category: compliance , contract law , product liability , product safety Industry: railway, machine construction, automotive, healthcare Author: Daniel Wuhrmann , Jan Sune Krey Date: 2019

New regulations for the import of "conflict minerals" like tin, tantalum and tungsten create additional requirements for risk management systems in more...

CE marking for individual parts: CE-rtainly?!

Category: compliance , product safety Industry: consumer goods, machine construction Author: Philipp Reusch , Marie Neumann Date: 2019

In practice, it is often unclear if a CE marking is required in any individual case. This may be the case if the housing and electrical connectors are more...

Federal Cabinet adopts Medical Devices EU Adjustment Act

Category: product safety Industry: healthcare Author: Miriam Schuh Date: 2019

The bill for an Act on the Adjustment of Medical Devices Law to the MDR und IVDR (Medical Devices EU Adjustment Act) was adopted on 6 November 2019 more...

REACH: new smart phone app for consumer requests

Category: compliance Industry: consumer goods, healthcare, cosmetics Author: Philipp Reusch , Jonas Hellinger Date: 2019

The REACH Regulation gives consumers the right to ask suppliers about substances of very high concern in their products. A revised smart phone app more...

EUDAMED launch postponed!

Category: compliance , product liability Industry: healthcare Author: Miriam Schuh Date: 2019

The postponement of EUDAMED's launch creates added uncertainty for manufacturers of medical devices more...

Meeting of the "Expert Group on liability and new technologies"

Category: product liability , compliance , insurance law Industry: machine construction, railway, automotive, healthcare Author: Philipp Reusch , Dennis Bernhardt Date: 2019

The "Expert Group on liability and new technologies" met on 5 November 2019 in order to discuss future challenges in product liability more...