Friday, 27 November 2015

Changes allowed, within limits - CJEU judgment in case C-326/14 Verein für Konsumenteninformation v A1 Telekom

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Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the EU handed down its judgment in the Austrian case of  Verein für Konsumenteninformation v A1 Telekom...
Thursday, 26 November 2015

The Netherlands helping other Europeans out with its collective action tool

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In the context of consumer claims being lined up against VW, the Dutch WCAM - Collective Settlement Act - is attracting the attention of c...
Thursday, 19 November 2015

AG Sharpston in Radlinger v Finway: EU law requires ex officio control of respect of information requirements

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Today, an interesting opinion has been released enriching the CJEU literature on unfair terms and credit contracts. In this case, the ref...
Thursday, 12 November 2015

Execution proceedings enriched with an unfairness test: AG Szpunar in Finanmadrid (C-49/14)

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11 November 2015: AG Szpunar's opinion in case Finanmadrid ( C-49/14 ) Yesterday, in another Spanish case on unfair contract terms,...

Teaching Consumer Law 2016

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The next Teaching Consumer Law conference takes place in Santa Fe, 20-21 May 2016 and is focused on "Teaching Consumer Law in Our Popu...
Tuesday, 10 November 2015

VW scandal spurs development of collective claims in Germany

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A number of group actions against VW have been instituted in many countries over the past weeks and months. In Germany, however, according ...
Wednesday, 4 November 2015

No to national restrictions on EU-approved GMOs

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Last week, on October 28, the European Parliament voted against a new draft law that would allow Member States to restrict or prohibit the ...
Thursday, 29 October 2015

ECJ in BBVA v Gabarro: personal notification of new rights, please!

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In today's decision concerning the case of BBVA SA v Gabarro et al  (case C-8/14)- another episode in the post-Aziz saga, the Court of...
Friday, 9 October 2015

Save the date: 24 November - symposium on the new Package Travel Directive

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New Package Travel Directive symposium :  24 November 2015 in Amsterdam THE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN With the European Parliament and...
Tuesday, 6 October 2015

ECJ "Facebook" case: EU -US safe harbour agreement invalid

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Just today, the European Court of Justice declared (Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner, C-362/14 ) that the 2000 Commission decision w...