Reclaim Early Repayment Penalty on Loans
15. August 2025
PAYBACK points when purchasing hearing aids – Limits of permissibility In its decision dated 18 July 2024 (Case No. I ZR 43/24), the Federal Court
...Bonus schemes of mail-order pharmacies in the European context – New clarity from the Federal Court of Justice On July 18, 2025, the Federal Court
...Federal Administrative Court: Extensive access to documents of the Federal Cartel Office regarding fees for electronic cash payments In its decision of May 13, 2025,
...Case Law of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Frankfurt am Main on Competition Law among Influencers By order dated June 28, 2024 (Case No. 16
...Decisions of the European Court of Justice – Case Nos. C-438/23 and C-240/23 Can a steak, schnitzel, or sausage also be vegetarian or vegan, and
...Vegan drink must not be advertised as an egg liqueur alternative – Regional Court of Hamburg, Case No. 406 HKO 76/23 A vegan drink
...Violation of the Biocide Regulation – Judgment of the CJEU of June 20, 2024, Case C-296/23 Advertising biocide products such as disinfectants as skin-friendly
...ECJ on Geographical Indication of Origin – Case No. C-399/22 Consumers must not be misled regarding the geographical origin of a product. Consequently, melons
...Strict Guidelines for Discount Price Advertising – OLG Nuremberg Case No.: 3 U 460/24 UWG When advertising with price reductions, the reference price must
...Violation of the Health Claims Regulation A pharmaceutical company advertised that it could provide thicker hair within a few weeks. However, the claims were
...Ruling of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on June 27, 2024 – Case No.: I ZR 98/23 Climate protection is an important issue for
...Munich Regional Court on Protected Geographical Indication – Case No. 33 O 4023/23 In a legal dispute before the Munich Regional Court I, the focus
...Ruling of the Hamburg Regional Court on Brownies with Less Sugar and Fat Brownies that are perfect for a diet? Such advertising claims are certainly
...Behind the stars must actually be customer ratings. Star ratings on the internet are common and can influence purchasing decisions. However, advertising a product with
...Violation of Competition Law – Judgment of the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg Many companies advertise with the note “known from…”. After a judgment of
...Misleading claims fall foul of competition law Beer is not all fun and games. That was certainly the position of Munich’s regional court – the
...Ruling of OLG München – Ref.: 6 U 3908/22 Advertisements that promote zero-percent financing have the potential to mislead consumers and hence to fall
...Frankfurt’s higher regional court – the Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Frankfurt – has ruled that the use of the term “center” in connection with a medical practice
...Advertisements that feature health claims can fall foul of competition law if the claims have not been reviewed and cleared by the European Food Safety
...Promoting products with expressions such as “climate neutral” has the potential to be misleading and to fall foul of competition law. Such was the verdict
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