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Business magazine brand eins: Lausen Rechtsanwälte among the best  law firms in Germany

Business magazine brand eins: Lausen Rechtsanwälte among the best  law firms in Germany

In a recent survey, Lausen Rechtsanwälte was awarded with “four stars”, i.e. top tier in the category “media/press” and is named among Germany’s leading media law firms. Well-known and highly respected independent business magazine brand eins polled more than 2,600 attorneys and in-house counsels throughout Germany, asking which law firms they would recommend personally. If …

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“brand eins”: LAUSEN Rechtsanwälte among the best commercial law firms in Germany

“brand eins”: LAUSEN Rechtsanwälte among the best commercial law firms in Germany

In a recent survey, LAUSEN Rechtsanwälte was graded “four star”, i.e. top tier in the category “media/press” and is named among Germany’s leading media law firms. Well-known and highly respected independent business magazine brand eins polled more than 2600 attorneys and in-house counsels throughout Germany, asking which law firms they would recommend personally. If you’re …

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Art. 17 of the new Copyright Directive: What must rightholders and platforms do now?

Art. 17 of the new Copyright Directive: What must rightholders and platforms do now?

Art. 17 (formerly Art. 13) of the new Copyright Directive resulted in a heated public debate, often reduced to the falsifying buzzwords “upload filter” and “internet censorship”, which in many aspects bypassed the issue. This article therefore analyses why the new regulation was necessary at all, which platforms are affected by the regulation, what effects …

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Lausen honored as Media Law Firm of the Year!

Lausen honored as Media Law Firm of the Year!

On October 25, 2018, the JUVE Awards were presented at the Old Opera House in Frankfurt am Main. The coveted prize is awarded annually to law firms and in-house teams that have excelled in their industry due to their outstanding achievements and development over the past 12 months. The decision is based on information from …

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ECJ approves lending of e-books without a license

ECJ approves lending of e-books without a license

On 10 November 2016, the European Court of Justice decided that the lending of e-books may be covered by the scope of the Directive on Rental Right and Lending Right (Directive 2006/115/EC), at least in cases of “one-copy-one-user” lending (i.e. the option of lending a previously purchased e-book to one library user at a time) …

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