Jul 13, 2023 Impacts on businesses by planned Green Claims Directive By Moritz Becker Thomas Ackermann Marie Drießnack On 22 March 2023, the EU Commission published a draft directive on the substantiation and communication of environmental claims (Green...
Apr 24, 2023 UN General Assembly seeks ICJ guidance on climate-related state obligations By Jonathan Isted Moritz Becker Cat Greenwood-Smith Emma Franck-Gwinnell Amy Allison +2 more... Show less On 29 March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution, put forward by the Pacific island of Vanuatu, to...
Nov 23, 2022 Supply chain liability of directors and officers By Nicolas Rücker Moritz Becker Introduction This year’s demand letter to Shell’s board members by the NGO ClientEarth has drawn a lot of attention across corporate...
Sep 30, 2022 A new Collective Action Regime in Germany – Draft Bill on the Implementation of the EU Directive on Representative Actions By Michael Rohls Martina de Lind van Wijngaarden Patrick Schroeder Moritz Becker Martin Mekat Roman Mallmann Elisabeth Weber +4 more... Show less The eagerly awaited first draft of the legislation to implement the EU DIRECTIVE (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions for the...
Nov 19, 2021 German NGOs file climate-related lawsuits against German car manufacturers and a gas and oil producer By Moritz Becker Jan Henning Buschfeld Sarah Hillebrand No vehicles with combustion engines from 2030 onwards and no gas and oil field development after 2025. These are the main objectives of...
Jan 29, 2021 Home or away? EU Court undermines reliability of choice-of-jurisdiction clauses By Moritz Becker Hendric Labonté Jurisdiction is an essential factor in determining the cost, duration and ultimate success of a lawsuit.Litigating in a foreign language...