On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, the <a Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host its monthly virtual workshop <a Current Research in Private International Law at 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CEST).
Thalia Kruger (<a University of Antwerp) will speak, in
On 8–10 October 2026, Julian Rapp and Wolfgang Wurmnest will be hosting a conference on European Principles of Transnational Litigation and Their Reception Abroad at the University of Hamburg.
The aim of the conference is described as follows:
As cross-border
On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the <a Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host its monthly virtual workshop <a Current Research in Private International Law at 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CEST).
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Pfeiffer (<a Universität Heidelberg)
In an eagerly anticipated judgment dated 27 September 2024 (case number 310 O 227/23) the Hamburg District Court dismissed the complaint by photographer Robert Kneschke asserting claims for copyright infringement against non-profit Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network (LAION) based on
On October 26, 2022, the German government permitted (with conditions) an investment by Chinese state-owned COSCO Shipping Group (“COSCO”) in one of Hamburg’s four shipping container terminals. Pursuant to foreign direct investment (“FDI”) laws, the German Ministry for Economic Affairs
A German newspaper reports that there was a COVID-19 outbreak among crew members on the World Voyager cruise ship operated by Nicko Cruises. The virus was initially detected in a member of the engine room crew and then spread
From 22 to 24 March 2021, the 5th Hamburg International Arbitration Days will take place online – Hamburg has never been closer: wherever you are, it is only a click away! The main event on 23 March 2021 is organised
On October 1, 2020, the Hamburg Data Protection Authority fined H&M € 35.3 million for unlawful employee monitoring practices in the company’s service center concerning several hundred employees.
Richard Evans s new book, which concentrates on the cholera epidemic in Hamburg in 1892, is precisely the kind of study that Briggs had in mind. A brilliantly written work of great analytical penetration, which is based on very extensive
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority (DPA) laid out guidelines for Google regarding its voice assistant that may reveal what DPAs may be expecting for compliance with GDPR (and some parts may be applicable for CCPA too) :
Specifically they require:
