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Mandatory gender information in online store not legal

Mandatory gender information in online store not legal

In the online purchasing process, it is common to ask for gender in addition to name and shipping address. But why is this the case? After all, a person can only be identified by their name. On January 9, 2025 (case number C-394/23), the European Court of Justice ruled that it is no longer mandatory …

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Wednesday talk “What publishers achieve – the future of publishing”

Wednesday talk “What publishers achieve – the future of publishing”

We cordially invite you to the digital meeting of the series “What publishers achieve – The future of publishing”. Wednesday, March 5, 2025 17:00 to 18:00 Digital via Zoom Our topic today is: “AI-generated vs. AI assisted” The boundaries between AI-generated content and AI-assisted content are blurred. A look beyond the publishing industry and into …

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Infringement of German copyright only if there is a sufficient domestic connection

Infringement of German copyright only if there is a sufficient domestic connection

Cross-border copyright infringements occur frequently in practice, naturally above all in internet cases. An action for such a copyright infringement always raises questions of procedural law, private international law and substantive law: Does the German court seized have international jurisdiction to decide the dispute? Is the legal dispute to be judged according to German copyright …

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#MTM24: “AI in BUSINESS – from EXPERIMENT to REALITY”

#MTM24: “AI in BUSINESS – from EXPERIMENT to REALITY”

FUTURES BEING MADE lädt das Netzwerk WOMEN IN MEDIA in Kooperation mit der Kanzlei LAUSEN ein, die Potenziale von KI aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven zu beleuchten. Dieses interaktive Event zum Thema “AI in BUSINESS – from EXPERIMENT to REALITY” richtet sich an Women in Media und Führungskräfte und Entscheiderinnen, die sich mit den strategischen und rechtlichen …

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New collective agreement on company pension schemes for film and television professionals

New collective agreement on company pension schemes for film and television professionals

Already during the agreement on the TV FFS, it was announced that there would also be a new collective agreement for occupational pensions for film and television professionals (see our blog post on this). This will come into force on July 1, 2025. The agreement was reached by the Produzentenallianz, ver.di, and BFFS. The new …

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