Posts tagged #Austria
All PostsLegal Comparison AT/GER: Receipt of E-Mails in Business Transactions
Civil LawThe German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) has now settled the question of when a B2B email is actually deemed to have been received. If an email is made available for retrieval on the recipient's mail server during normal business hou...
OGH: Disclaiming Farm Inheritance Does Not Affect Heirs
Civil LawIn case a legal heir disclaims their inheritance without effect for their descendants, the legal heirs shall participate as representatives in the selection of the heir to be made pursuant to Section 3 of the Austrian Anerbengesetz (AnerbenG)[1]. Whe...
Update: On the implementation of the Directive on representative actions
European LawThe European "Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers and repealing" (Directive 2020/1828) of November 25, 2020 obliges member states to establish a procedure for collective redress and adequate...