Is it possible to set a time limit for vouchers? What should a retailer consider when selling vouchers as Christmas presents? According to Austrian jurisprudence, it is rarely justifiable to impose time limits for purchased vouchers. Arthur Stadler and [...]
New developments for the use of cookies! The CJEU continues with its strict jurisprudence on data protection law, with which the current cookie practice throughout the EU hardly seems compatible. Rather, active consent meeting the high standards of the [...]
The Viennese division of Business France* recently published an article (only available in French)[i] advertising the lucrative aspects of the Austrian sports market. The article is a clear call to French actors in the sports industry to develop [...]
Blockchain technology, and the digital assets it enables, is transforming capital markets worldwide. In the United States, Bakkt launched the first regulated futures product that is physically settled in bitcoin. In the German-speaking world, Vontobel recently issued [...]
As part of the 'FinTech Week 2019' we cordially invite you to a joint breakfast on 19.11.2019 from 08:00 to 11:00 in the Reitersaal of the Österreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB). Our topic is: 'From certificated to non-certificated securities – digitalisation [...]
On 28 October 2019 an event of the 'Austrian Research Promotion Agency' (FFG) on the topic 'Blockchain: The Next Internet' will take place. Dr. Oliver Völkel, LL.M. will take part in the discussion panel. Oliver will share the stage [...]
The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt recently ruled on questions of legally compliant consent to direct advertising in the light of the GDPR. Among other things, the voluntary nature of the consent was discussed and it was decided that [...]
The European banking regulator has issued new regulations which also concern the outsourcing of IT to third party providers. IT systems are playing an increasingly important role in all areas of life. Also in banks there is hardly anything [...]
The legal questions that arise in the field of eSports are diverse and have not all been answered yet. For example, eSports is (still) a new territory in the area of duties and taxes. Urim Bajrami discusses the non-profit [...]
Urim Bajrami and Lukas Pachschwöll describe in their article "Lootboxen: Werden Videospiele Glücksspielen gefährlich ähnlich?" (Lootboxes: Are video games becoming dangerously similar to games of chance?) in the legal magazine "Zeitschrift für Energie- und Technologierecht (ZTR)" the legal issue [...]
