Abstract Todays apps are offering services that compete against the traditional business structures of cooperative banks. Taxi cooperatives have reacted on this by forbidding their members the use of those apps. This prohibition is, due to a current judgement by the Higher Regional Court in...

Zusammenfassung Verbandsstrafen bilden ein wichtiges Instrument, um Disziplin innerhalb einer Gesellschaft herzustellen. Anlässlich eines aktuellen BGH-Beschlusses zeigt der Beitrag auf, welche formellen und materiellen Anforderungen die Rechtsprechung an Verbandsstrafen in den Satzungen von...

Class Actions and Statutory Damages both incentivize consumers to sue. When combined and based upon a procedural violation, they pose immense financial threats to defendants. It is the legal system's role to finely balance the protection of consumers on the one hand while ensuring proportional...