Dr. Heiko Zieske

💡 In the landmark decision Sunrise v SRG SSR concerning the rights to short reporting on public events, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court has delivered a nuanced verdict. This case is important for understanding the evolving landscape of media rights, particularly in the context of digital transformation and the growing importance of streaming services. 👉 Read this article by Remo Wagner and Benoît Pasquier, LL.M.: "Short Reporting Rights: Clarifications from the Swiss Federal Administrative Court." #Switzerland #SportsLaw #MediaLaw #Broadcasting #SAFC

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🗓️ Today at 22:00 on the agenda of the German Bundestag: First reading of the draft bill introduced by the Federal Government to modernize arbitration law. We have summarized the key changes of the government bill and are eager to see the outcome of the debate. #aoshearman #arbitration #germanarbitrationlaw https://lnkd.in/di_uQTQE

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📢 The Bundeskartellamt has concluded its Facebook proceeding ℹ In February 2019 the Bundeskartellamt prohibited Facebook from combining personal user data from different sources without their consent. The proceeding is now considered groundbreaking, not least because it led to the Federal Court of Justice (2020) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (2023) confirming the Bundeskartellamt's position on matters of principle in a legal dispute which had lasted several years. In the course of these proceedings, Meta and the Bundeskartellamt also intensively negotiated concrete measures to implement the authority’s decision. 👉 The Bundeskartellamt now considers Meta’s individual measures to be a sufficiently effective package, allowing the authority to close the case. Meta has withdrawn the appeal pending before the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG Düsseldorf) against the Bundeskartellamt’s decision. The decision is thus final. ✅ As a result, Facebook users now have significantly improved options regarding the combination of their personal data. The main change is that users can now decide for themselves which data from other Meta accounts or other online sources are combined with their Facebook data. The press release is available at ➡ https://lnkd.in/eQzzjbf8 A detailed case summary is available at ➡ https://lnkd.in/e95ttYmW #Meta #personaldata #Bundeskartellamt #competition

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The Court of Justice of the European Union issued a decision on a preliminary ruling requested by a German court in relation to a potential breach of restrictive measures issued against Russia. The request in question related to whether the provision of authentication services by a German notary fell within the remit of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014. Find out more here https://lnkd.in/dm7sGmhC #EU #sanctions #restrictive #measures #preliminary #reference #court #justice #legal #advisory #services #mamotcv

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"The European Commission has initiated infringement procedures for Belgium, Spain, Croatia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden, asking them to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), according to a Friday (26 July) press release.   In a formal notice to these countries, the Commission urged them to adhere to the DSA, the EU’s landmark content moderation law.   The Commission said these countries have either neglected to appoint the necessary Digital Services Coordinators, failed to grant these authorities the essential powers to perform their duties, or both. The countries had until 17 February to appoint the authorities." Press release available at the following link: https://lnkd.in/dJq-JQ8f #digital #DSA  #DigitalServicesAct #EuropeanCommission   *This article was not written by EDSR. The opinions and views of the author(s) do not necessarily represent those of EDSR. https://lnkd.in/dvSDRvX3

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To what extent does the duty of care require a party to take into account possible #travel complications and avoid #costs to the other party? Read all about it in the summary of our #EPO Case Law team about case T 1292/21: https://lnkd.in/eE_Y-spv #dutyofcare #caselaw #patents

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On 24 July 2024, four months after the publication of the draft bill, the German Federal Cabinet adopted the government draft to transpose CSRD into German law. In doing so, the EU Member State fell short of the EU deadline (6 July 2024) by just over 2 weeks. Germany represents 24% of all EU CSRD report preparers and more than 11 000 undertakings (CEPS 2022). The government draft was published on the website of the German Federal Ministry of Justice together with a synopsis and an information paper: https://lnkd.in/eKY4hUGv The information paper is interesting. It specifies that CSRD is transposed according to the so-called “1:1 principle”, meaning that the requirements of European law should not be exceeded: “The burdens of EU law should not be increased by national regulatory ambitions, as was often the case in the past through so-called ‘gold plating’.” The paper also answers the question “why did Germany not prevent the directive from being adopted at EU level?”: “The CSRD negotiations were already largely conducted by the previous government. They were practically completed when the new federal government came into office. It would have isolated Germany if it had tried to stop what the previous government had promised at the last minute.” “A German rejection would not have prevented the adoption of the CSRD. The federal government therefore decided to participate constructively in order to at least push through improvements to the drafts in favor of companies.” The information paper also specifies that: “The extent of the reporting obligations is largely determined by the European sustainability reporting standards, which were only adopted as a delegated act in 2023 - one year after the agreement on the directive. The Federal Government did not support the decision on the European sustainability reporting standards.” Source: https://lnkd.in/e79G4usp   Stay tuned for more CSRD and ESRS insights.    #getCSRDready, #CSRD, #ESRS, #CSDDD, #ESG, #Strategy, #Governance, #SustainabilityReporting, #Digitalisation, #CleeritESG

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