The (second) ordinance amending the Ordinance on Jurisdiction of June 3, 2025 (GV. NRW 2025 No. 27 of June 17, 2025, p. 507 ff.), the statewide jurisdictions of the Higher Regional Courts of Hamm and Cologne were expanded as of July 1, 2025. At the same time, a new judicial focus is being established at...

The EU Battery Regulation ((EU) 2023/1542), which came into force on August 17, 2023, has been partly applicable since February 18, 2024. Companies are undoubtedly confronted with a complex piece of legislation that requires both entrepreneurial and legal insight. The practical challenges are multilayered. Overview of the Regulation’s subject matter The Battery Regulation is intended...

If shares in a limited liability company (“GmbH”) are redeemed, the shareholder concerned must protect himself against the loss of his shares and voting rights. A current decision by the Berlin Court of Appeal (“KG Berlin”) reminds of that. Facts of the case: Redemption of shares The decision of the KG Berlin is based on...

An economic operator whose rights are adversely affected by an incomplete RAPEX notification may request the competent authorities of the notifying member state to complete the notification. To this end, he must have a legal remedy in the notifying member state to ensure that the obligations incumbent on that member state in this respect are...

The highest court of the European Union, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”), has ruled in its current judgment of March 21, 2023 (Case No. C-100/21) that buyers may have a claim for damages even if manufacturers have only acted negligently in using an unauthorized defeat device installed in the vehicle, meaning that they are...