"Knowledge is power."

Francis Bacon

The articles in the newsroom arise from my daily legal practice in contract law and in litigation. They address recent court decisions, legal developments, and contentious issues—and highlight the lessons they offer for contract drafting and litigation strategy.

The articles offer a compact overview and are intended to provide clients with guidance on how legal issues in contract law and in the enforcement of claims in court can be resolved in practice. They are no substitute for individual legal advice.

LATEST ARTICLES

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Commercial law

BGH eliminates widespread misunderstanding of its case law on the application of warranty law for material defects when purchasing shares (judgment of 26.09.2018, case no. VIII ZR 187/17)

BGH eliminates widespread misunderstanding of its case law on the application of warranty law for material defects when purchasing shares! A comprehensive exclusion of statutory warranty claims in the share purchase agreement does not fundamentally preclude the application of Section 313 BGB (frustration of contract)!

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Group Of Media Students Collaborating On Project
Commercial law

What do so-called media agencies do? – An analysis of the usual contractual relationships in the media business.

“By their legal nature, media agency agreements are generally to be qualified as agency agreements in which one party (media agency) undertakes to carry out an independent economic activity to safeguard the financial interests of third parties (in particular media planning and buying) and the other party (advertising client) undertakes to pay a fee.” (BGH ruling from 16.6.2016, ref. III ZR 282/14)

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