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Mind Your Messaging: Bafin Sets New Boundaries With Landmark Order On Advertising In Public M&A

A major European credit institution's public takeover offer has triggered unprecedented regulatory intervention by Germany's BaFin, which issued a landmark order prohibiting sensationalist advertising on social media platforms.

Germany Commercial

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PwC Legal Germany

Selective Presentation Of Content Of Varying Complexity: Non-technical

The application underlying the discussed decision concerns a method for selecting online content to present to users based on their content consumption behavior on a social media platform.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

ESMA Releases 2024 Annual Report – Key Developments, Regulatory Initiatives And Strategic Priorities

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its 2024 Annual Report in June 2025 (the Report), providing a comprehensive overview...

Germany Finance

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Use Of Personal Data For AI Training Does Not Violate DMA According To Higher Regional Court Of Cologne

The Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Cologne ruled on May 23, 2025 regarding the permissibility of using personal data for training artificial intelligence (AI) by Meta (Case No. 15 UKl 2/25). The core issues...

Germany Technology

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Enforcement Of The DMA – European Commission Imposes First Fines Under The DMA On Apple And Meta

Germany Media & IT

PL

PwC Legal Germany

EU Updates Codes Of Conduct On Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online

European Union Media & IT

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Mapping Natural Language Text Input To Elements Of A Social-Graph Database: Non-technical

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

European Securities And Markets Authority (ESMA) Offers Recommendations On Digitalisation Of Retail Investment Services

European Union Finance

PL

PwC Legal Germany

EU Reiterates Rules To Regulating "Finfluencers"

European Union Finance

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Twitter Threatened With €50 Million Fine In Germany For Failing To Tackle Illegal Content

Germany Media & IT

AP

Argus Partners

Ten Top Tips For Using Social Media In Collective Bargaining Situations

Germany Law Practice

IL

Ius Laboris

Frankfurt Court Of Appeals: The Receipt Of Free E-books May Trigger An Obligation For Influencers To Label Their Posts As Advertising

Germany Media & IT

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Für Eine Positive Soziale Medienordnung

Germany Media & IT

MF

Morrison & Foerster LLP

BaFin Issues Warning For Investment Advice And Tips Using Social Media Or Messenger Services

Germany Finance

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Service Within The UPC Regime: Best Practice And Strategies (2025) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

UPC: Security For Costs Not Required Where Claimant Is Backed By Appropriate Litigation Insurance

Germany Litigation

MC

Marks & Clerk

Do I Have To Report Income From Abroad On My German Tax Return?

GGI Global Alliance

LD Hamburg, April 7, 2026, Final Order, UPC_CFI_2255/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

On The Tort Liability Of The Parent Company For Breaches Of Duty By The Subsidiary: Grounds And Limitations

Germany Commercial

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Klima- und Umweltschutz gewinnen für die Unternehmens-Compliance weiter an Bedeutung

Klima- und Umweltschutz gewinnen sowohl in der gesellschaftlichen Diskussion als auch in der Rechts- und Compliance-Praxis zunehmend an Bedeutung.

Germany Commercial

HL

Hogan Lovells

Employers' Social Media: Does It Trigger Codetermination Rights In Germany?

A Berlin administrative court has ruled that an employer's use of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram was subject to codetermination by the staff council, since it allowed users the possibility to comment

Germany Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Benutzung Von Social Media Module Innerhalb Von Webseiten

Die ungarische Datenschutzbehörde hat eine Stellungnahme zur Anwendung und rechtlichen Bewertung der auf den Websites verwendeten Community-Module...

Germany Media & IT

KP

Katona & Partners Attorneys at Law

German Government Introduces New Bill To Amend Germany's Hate Speech Act, Establishing New Requirements For Social Networks And Video-Sharing Platforms

On April 1, 2020, Germany's federal government published a new draft bill to amend the German Hate Speech Act (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz – "NetzDG";

Germany Media & IT

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

#Ad #Germany – Update For Influencers

Germany Media & IT

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Influencer Marketing – Labelling Requirements In Germany

Germany Media & IT

SS

SKW Schwarz

Facebook May Be Required To Seek And Erase Illegal Content Worldwide

European Union Media & IT

HK

HEUKING

Second Stage In Facebook File

Germany Anti-trust

EE

Erdem & Erdem Law

The Federal Cartel Office Demands More Flexibility And Leeway For Facebook Users

Germany Anti-trust

SS

SKW Schwarz

Germany's Federal Cartel Office Prohibits Facebook From Combining User Data From Different Sources

Germany Privacy

EE

Erdem & Erdem Law

Germany's Competition Authority Prohibits Facebook From Combining User Data From Different Sources

Germany Anti-trust

HF

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Joint Controllership In The Integration Of Third-Party Website Plug-Ins - Concluding Opinion Of The Advocate General To The ECJ On The "Facebook Like" Button

Germany Privacy

HK

HEUKING

Facebook - Bundeskartellamt [German Federal Cartel Office] Prohibits The Processing Of User Data From Third Party Sources

Germany Media & IT

HK

HEUKING

Mitbestimmung des Betriebsrats beim Twitter-Account des Arbeitgebers

Germany Employment

SS

SKW Schwarz

Germany's Competition Authority Prohibits Facebook From Combining User Data From Different Sources

Germany's Competition Authority ("the Bundeskartellamt") has imposed far-reaching restrictions in the processing of user data on Facebook.

Germany Anti-trust

HF

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Joint Controllership In The Integration Of Third-Party Website Plug-Ins - Concluding Opinion Of The Advocate General To The ECJ On The "Facebook Like" Button

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) must currently clarify whether and how website operators can legally integrate the so-called "Like" button of Facebook on their website (Case C-40/17).

Germany Privacy

HK

HEUKING

Facebook - Bundeskartellamt [German Federal Cartel Office] Prohibits The Processing Of User Data From Third Party Sources

In its decision from February 7, 2019, the Bundeskartellamt prohibited Facebook from the further processing of user data which it has generated from so-called third party sources.

Germany Media & IT

HK

HEUKING

Mitbestimmung des Betriebsrats beim Twitter-Account des Arbeitgebers

Unterhält die Arbeitgeberin einen Twitter-Account, besteht zumindest aufgrund der Funktionalität „Antwort" ein Mitbestimmungsrecht des (Gesamt)Betriebsrats aus § 87 Abs. 1 Nr. 6 BetrVG.

Germany Employment

SS

SKW Schwarz

Bavarian Administrative Court Decides Targeted Advertising Case

Germany Privacy

JD

Jones Day

Munich Court Of Appeal Prohibits Facebook From Deleting A Post That Does Not Fall Under The German Hate Speech Act

On 24 August 2018, the Munich Court of Appeal ("Court") issued a preliminary injunction against Facebook that prohibits Facebook from deleting a certain user's post...

Germany Media & IT

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

German Federal Supreme Court: Facebook Account Passes To Heirs

On 12 July 2018, the German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof – "BGH") ruled that a Facebook user account passes to the user's heirs (Case no. III ZR 183/17).

Germany Privacy

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

EuGH: Betreiber von Facebook-Fanpages sind (mit)verantwortlich für die Datenverarbeitungen von Facebook

Nur wenige Tage nach dem „Datenschutz-D-Day" am 25.05.2018 hat der Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union (EuGH) am 05.06.2018 ein Urteil mit fundamentaler Bedeutung für Unternehmen in Europa erlassen.

Germany Privacy

SS

SKW Schwarz

Ads In Disguise: Brand Owners And Influencers Beware Of German Consumer Protection Laws

#sponsoredby and #ad won't help when it comes to necessary disclosure of sponsored advertising. German courts are asked to rule on content in influencers' social media ...

Germany Media & IT

SS

SKW Schwarz

German Court Issues Important Judgment On Consent And Transparency In Facebook Case

Germany Privacy

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Germany's New Hate Speech Act In Force: What Social Network Providers Need To Do Now

Germany Media & IT

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

European Commission Fines Facebook US$122 Million For Providing Inaccurate Information In WhatsApp Merger Review

Germany Commercial

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Germany's Approach Against Criminal Content On Social Networks Faces Resistance By Stakeholders

Germany Media & IT

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Germany's Approach Against Criminal Content On Social Networks Faces Resistance By Stakeholders

Germany Media & IT

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Draft "Network Enforcement Law" To Tackle Hate Speech And Fake News

Germany Media & IT

F

Fieldfisher

Cable TV Network Has Show Spoilers Removed from Video-Sharing Web Site —Are Plot Elements Copyrightable?

MB

Mayer Brown

German Court Orders WhatsApp To Provide Consumers In Germany With T&Cs In German Language

Germany Media & IT

RS

Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Screenshotting In Snapchat – Copyright Law Concerns

MB

Mayer Brown

German Federal Cartel Office Considers User Data As An Indicator For Market Power

Germany Anti-trust

ML

Milbank LLP

German Federal Cartel Office Investigates Against Facebook: Abuse Of A Dominant Position By Violating Data Protection Rules?

Germany Anti-trust

P

POELLATH

Email And Internet In The Workplace—Guidelines From The German Data Protection Conference

Germany Privacy

MB

Mayer Brown

Food Plating And Copyright – Can Instagramming Your Meal Be Construed As Copyright Infringement?

MB

Mayer Brown

Tweets Reported as Infringing Copyright Deleted by Twitter – Are Tweets Copyrightable?

MB

Mayer Brown

New EU Parliament Report To Restrict Freedom Of Panorama Exception

European Union IP

MB

Mayer Brown

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IA

Influxio Avocats

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Haas Avocats

Does 'Private Life' Exist For Employees In The Age Of Social Media? (Video)

IL

Ius Laboris

What Is "Social" About Social Trading? - Video

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KPMG Luxembourg

Employment Law Update: Technology In The Workplace (Video Content)

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Mason Hayes & Curran

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