The adoption of the new Product Liability Directive (PLD, Directive 2024/2853) renews product liability rules after several decades and will make them better adapted to the digital age (e.g. one important novelty of the new PLD is that it covers libility for the defectiveness of software and AI…
ECJ´s judgment in the IAB Europe case: cases of joint controllership seem to develop further
In its recent judgment, the European Court of Justice found that IAB Europe, as the sectoral organisation of the digital advertising market, qualifies as a joint controller by defining and applying the framework established to manage data processing consents for the display of online advertising.…
New rules regarding open data and the re-use of public sector information
A new EU directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information has been published (Directive 2019/1024). The new directive replaces Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information, as amended by Directive 2013/37/EU. The new directive shall be implemented by Member…