Can you issue a warning notice under competition law?

If you are a private person and think to isse a warning notice under competition law you may need to read this article. A warning notice under competition law may only be issued in business dealings, i.e. among entrepreneurs. Private

BKartA´s latest decision on the Amazon concern

Are you curious to know more about the Amazon´s legal rights in Germany? Horak Attorneys at Law is the law firm you are looking for. The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt, BKartA) classifies Amazon as a company with outstanding cross-market importance

The “Place an order”Button and its Payment Obligation: ECJ Decision

13.04.2022 // The “place an order” button must indicate the payment obligation – ECJ Decision on the effectiveness of online orders During the ruling of 7 April 2022, the ECJ (Case C-249/21) was taken a tribunal decision on the question

Large digital companies abuse control

Bundeskartellamt releases a statement about the Alphabet/Google abuse control For the first time, the Federal Cartel Office has certified Google’s “overriding, cross-market importance” for competition and can now prohibit practices of the company that endanger competition. According to Andreas Mundt,

OLG Rostock sees breach of competition on LUCA App

Rostock and the Luca-App breaching competition laws Learn more about this last tribunal decision: Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Rostock (Urt. v. 11.11.2021, Az. 17 Verg 4/21)   The Rostock Higher Regional Court has decided: the direct award of the Luca app by