Thursday, 16 February 2017

Extrajudicial procedures and effective consumer protection: CJEU in Margarit Panicello (C-503/15)

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Today's judgment of the EU Court of Justice in Margarit Panicello (C-503/15)  is part of a set of cases on the compatibility of extraj...

First case on new ADR Directive - Menini and Rampanelli (C-75/16)

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AG Saugmandsgaard Øe issued the first opinion in a case concerning interpretation of the new ADR Directive (2013/11/EU) and its relation to...
Thursday, 9 February 2017

Cláusulas suelo: the aftermath (Real Decreto-ley 1/2017)

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In the aftermath of the judgment of the EU Court of Justice on Spanish 'floor clauses' ( cláusulas suelo ) of 21 December 2016, re...
Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Can a hypermarket compare its prices with those of a supermarket? CJEU in C-562/15

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Today, on 8 February 2017, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in case C-562/15 Carrefour Hypermarchés . The case dealt with an ad...

Modernising copyright: watching Netflix while abroad

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Yesterday, the Council and the Parliament have informally agreed on new rules that will allow subscribers to paid online content (online mu...
Friday, 3 February 2017

Where does it end? CJEU judgment in Banco Primus (Case C-421/14)

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Source: news.bbc.co.uk ' Lites finiri oportet ' - every dispute should come to an end. The principle of res judicata (literally...
Sunday, 29 January 2017

Payment service providers to actively inform consumers - CJEU in BAWAG (C-375/15)

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As we have previously reported ( Provision of information on a durable medium... ), the BAWAG case ( C-375/15 ) presented interesting quest...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017

More privacy protection?

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Yesterday, the European Commission published its proposal (COM(2017) 10 final) for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications, w...
Friday, 23 December 2016

Lucky4All pyramid scheme in lotteries - CJEU in Nationale Loterij (C-667/15)

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Last week, on December 15th, the CJEU also gave its judgment in a Belgian case Nationale Loterij ( C-667/15 ) that concerned pyramid promot...
Thursday, 22 December 2016

Effective judicial protection in unfair terms cases – mixed signals from Luxembourg

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Also yesterday the Court of Justice delivered its ruling in case C-119/15 Biuro podróży Partner . The judgment may come as a surprise to ...