Matthias Distler
Matthias Distler has in-depth litigation experience in all major German courts and assists clients in cross-border disputes and transactions.
Compensation Under GDPR Only For Damage Actually Incurred
By Tobias Meyer, Thomas Hauss and Matthias Distler on Aug 9, 2024
Posted In Court Judgment, Regulatory/Compliance
On January 25, 2024 (Case C-687/21), the European Court of Justice ruled in a continuation of its previous data protection case law that a claim for damages based on Art. 82 GDPR does not have a punitive function, but merely a compensatory function. The ECJ thus concludes that a claim for damages always requires the...
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Inadmissibility of a Judicial Annulment of an Arbitral Award After Unconditional Payment
By Tobias Meyer and Matthias Distler on Apr 22, 2024
Posted In Arbitration
In a recent decision, the German Federal Court of Justice considered whether a party convicted in the course of arbitral proceedings can demand the annulment of an arbitral award by a state court if the same party has in the meantime already unconditionally fulfilled the obligation pronounced by the arbitral tribunal. In this decision, the...
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