Boost for digital health in Germany – restrictions on remote treatment could be overturned in May 2018

By Dr. Matthias Schweiger & Stefan Mayr on May 4, 2018

At the next Annual General Meeting of the German Medical Association (Deutscher Ärztetag), the current restrictions on remote treatment by German physicians will most likely be overturned. Until now, physicians in Germany were only allowed to offer follow-up treatment by telemedicine (e.g. video consultation) if the patient had already been treated in their practice before. Looking forward, physicians may be able to provide advice and diagnosis in simple cases of illness also by telemedia, without…

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First views from the CJEU on how to build a consumer collective action in the Schrems v Facebook Ireland case: The concept of “consumer” and lack of jurisdiction of the consumer’s home court over assigned claims

By Christine Gateau, Christelle Coslin, Pauline Faron, Dr. Matthias Schweiger, Michael Shreeve & Valerie Kenyon on February 7, 2018

The famous case brought by Maximilian Schrems against Facebook Ireland in Austria, aimed to become an international and large data protection class action, led on 25 January 2018 to a ruling from the CJEU on two main points: A consumer’s right to have a claim heard in his or her home court under European law does not extend so as to confer jurisdiction on that same court where claims have been assigned by other consumers…

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Boost for digital health in Germany – restrictions on remote treatment could be overturned in May 2018

First views from the CJEU on how to build a consumer collective action in the Schrems v Facebook Ireland case: The concept of “consumer” and lack of jurisdiction of the consumer’s home court over assigned claims

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