Knowledge

We would like to draw attention to a legal basis for liability and potential claims for damages against railway infrastructure undertakings (RIUs), which have only in recent years significantly materialized in case law and practice, thus gaining importance, particularly for railway undertakings (RUs) and other authorized users.

In our TransporTrends series in cooperation with Kompetenznetzwerk Logistik.NRW / LOG-IT Club e.V. we regularly report on current topics, decisions & trends in transport and logistics law - this time on the new established specialized jurisdiction for freight, forwarding, and warehousing diputes in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).

The end of the EU Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform is approaching, as it will be permanently discontinued on 20 July 2025. This has specific implications for your website and legal texts, which we have summarized for you below.

In our TransporTrends series in cooperation with Kompetenznetzwerk Logistik.NRW / LOG-IT Club e.V. we regularly report on current topics, decisions & trends in transport and logistics law - this time on traffic liability for hazardous situations even in adverse weather conditions.

We are pleased to announce that our law firm will once again be a supporter of the Navigator Festival in Düsseldorf in 2025!

Do you distribute products that need to be transported to your customers? Then you are obliged to ensure that all necessary transport permits/licenses are in place. 

As part of our TIGGES goes Green initiative, we recently held an inspiring internal Lunch & Learn session on the topic 'What are organic foods?'. TIGGES Counsel Gisela Hebrant delivered an engaging presentation outlining the legal foundations of the EU Organic Regulation.

Salesupply and parcelLab have conducted a study on the post-purchase experience in German e-commerce. Tomasz Baron, LL.M., has commented on the results from the perspective of his day-to-day legal advice for companies in the e-commerce sector.

The special edition "Locations, Regions & Technologies 2024" of VentureCapital Magazine is here, providing an overview of the most exciting startup locations in Germany and international hotspots.