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Kanzleimonitor rankings for "data protection": Dr. Carlo Piltz in second place and reuschlaw Legal Consultants climbs into the Top 10

Category: data protection Industry: corporate news Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz Date: 2020

In this year's "Kanzleimonitor 2020/2021" study by the German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers, Dr. Carlo Piltz of reuschlaw more...

EUDAMED: Actor Registration module now scheduled to become available at the start of December 2020

Category: product liability , product safety Industry: healthcare Author: Miriam Schuh Date: 2020

EUDAMED is a product and manufacturer database in which manufacturers must be entered in accordance with the new European regulations for the more...

MDR: number of notified bodies grows

Category: product liability , product safety Industry: healthcare Author: Miriam Schuh Date: 2020

The number of notified bodies under the MDR is increasing at a faster pace this year. There were 11 notified bodies at the start of the year and more...

"Hard Brexit" and its impact on the medical device industry

Category: product liability , product safety Industry: healthcare Author: Miriam Schuh Date: 2020

BREXIT has effects across industries, affecting medical device manufacturers, their distribution possibilities in Great Britain and the importation more...

Draft bill amending the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act: Is there an obligation to label and take back commercially used equipment?

Category: product safety , compliance Industry: consumer goods, machine construction, automotive Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2020

The Federal Government plans to amend the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act. A draft bill has currently been presented which, among other more...

Do merchants have an inspection duty?!

Category: contract law , product safety , product liability Industry: consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch , Marie Neumann Date: 2020

Merchants are not subject to a general requirement to verify that their sale objects are free of risk if these objects are produced by third parties more...

New case report of the Central Agency Packaging Register

Category: compliance Industry: consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch , Niklas Gatermann Date: 2020

Anyone who fails to meet the obligations arising from the Packaging Act is subject to a suspension of sales and can expect to pay heavy fines more...

Ministry of Economics plans uniform market surveillance law

Category: product safety , product liability , compliance Industry: consumer goods, automotive, machine construction Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2020

The Act on the Reorganisation of Market Surveillance serves to implement the recently adopted EU Regulation 2019/1020. The regulations are to be more...

ISO 14155:2020: Clinical evidence plays a larger role than before

Category: product safety , compliance Industry: healthcare Author: Miriam Schuh Date: 2020

ISO 14155:2020 is the third edition of the reference standard ISO 14155 for the design, conduct, recording and reporting of clinical investigations more...