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All PostsOGH: Are Contingency Fees Allowed in Austria?
Civil LawAccording to Section 879(2)(2) of the Austrian Civil Code (Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, ABGB), a contract is null and void if a legal advisor accepts a certain share of the amount awarded to the other party. This provision does not only apply...
OGH: Is a One-star Rating Legally an Insult?
Civil LawOne-star ratings are purely subjective as well as unverifiable value judgements that can only be right or wrong based on the personal opinion of the person giving the rating and thus only reflect the obviously subjective view of that individual. In t...
OGH: Legal-Tech Business Models Set to Advance
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has recently dealt with a legal- tech business model in which the provider uses an AI tool to analyse the client’s legal problems, filters out a suitable lawyer from its partner lawye...
DE: Scope of legal advice
The German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) ruled that the lawyer's duty to inform his client about the prospects of success of a prospective legal action does not end with its initiation. If the legal and effective situation changes du...
OGH on laesio enormis in connection with a lawyer's fee
In the case at hand, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) dealt with the question of which standards are to be used to assess whether a freely agreed lawyer's fee is laesio-enormis. In the case at hand, the plaintiff sought payment ...
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