Dear readers, it is with genuine excitement (albeit with some delay) that I type out some thoughts in reaction to a very rich new decision by the CJEU, namely Caixabank and others of 4 July 2024 (C‑450/22). This case is, shockingly but not incredibly, yet another instalment in the floor clauses saga that we have so often written … Read more
I had the opportunity to participate in the Inaugural AI Commercial Lifecycle and Procurement Summit 2024 hosted by Curshaw. This was a very interesting ‘unconference’ where participants offered to lead sessions on topics they wanted to talk about. I led a session on ‘Creating friction in AI procurement’. This was clearly a counterintuitive way of … Read more
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Now that the summer is formally over it is time for the third trimester of the 2024 roundup of EU copyright law. In this edition, we update you on what has happened between July and September 2024 in EU copyright law – all the way from the CJEU, through … Read more
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat mit Urteil vom 1. Oktober 2024 (1 BvR 1160/19) Teile des Bundeskriminalamtgesetzes (BKAG) für verfassungswidrig erklärt – darunter eine Befugnis zur Speicherung von Daten im Informationsverbund. Polizeiliche Informationssysteme haben eine große praktische Bedeutung, aber bergen auch erhebliche Risiken für die dort gespeicherten Datensubjekte. Die rechtlichen Anforderungen an diese Systeme und die Speicherung … Read more
Alessandra Fratini and Giorgia Lo Tauro, FratiniVergano European Lawyers Photo credit: Namakkalshowroom, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction On 30 May 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment in Conny (Case C-400/22), which concerned the labelling requirements for online order buttons under Article 8 of the Consumer Rights Directive … Read more