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Christmas donation – Protection for women and children affected by violence

Industry: corporate news Author: Philipp Reusch , Daniel Wuhrmann Date: 2021

Another turbulent "Corona year" lies behind us. One of the many consequences of the pandemic is that women and children are being increasingly more...

Q&A catalog for importers and distributors of medical devices

Category: compliance , product liability , product safety Industry: healthcare Author: Miriam Schuh , Anna Piroth Date: 2021

Importers and distributors may have the obligations of manufacturers in accordance with Article 16 MDR in certain cases. This is the case when a more...

Contract design in supply chains in times of crisis

Category: compliance , contract law Industry: mobility Author: Daniel Wuhrmann , Jennifer Stauder Date: 2021

Especially in times of crisis, it is essential for individual players within supply chains to avert risks by means of careful contract design more...

France, Luxembourg and Belgium: These requirements apply to data protection officers

Category: compliance , data protection Industry: mobility, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare Author: Stefan Hessel , Christoph Callewaert Date: 2021

Several European supervisory authorities have recently issued statements on the professional and technical qualifications of data protection officers more...

When is a cookie "strictly necessary"?

Category: data protection , compliance , cybersecurity Industry: mobility, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare Author: Christoph Callewaert , Stefan Hessel Date: 2021

With the Luxembourg data protection supervisory authority, another European data protection supervisory authority has published a guide on the use of more...

European Data Protection Board: When does a third-country transfer exist?

Category: compliance , data protection Industry: mobility, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare Author: Stefan Hessel , Christoph Callewaert Date: 2021

In its Guidelines 05/2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) comments on the question of when a third-country transfer exists, which has been more...

In force as of 1 December 2021: the TTDSG and the "new" cookie rules

Category: product liability , future law , cybersecurity , data protection , compliance Industry: mobility, consumer goods, machine construction, healthcare Author: Stefan Hessel Date: 2021

The new Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG) has received a lot of attention in data protection circles. But does it actually more...

An active ingredient approval still does (not) make a biocidal product

Category: compliance , product liability Industry: consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch , Niklas Gatermann Date: 2021

Is a product containing an approved active substance already a biocidal product within the meaning of the Biocidal Products Regulation? more...

Silence in the supply relation (not) a ground for termination?

Category: contract law Industry: mobility Author: Daniel Wuhrmann , Jennifer Stauder Date: 2021

In the dispute between VW and Prevent, which has been ongoing since 2016, the supplier has won a stage victory with the ruling of the Higher Regional more...