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On 9 November, the European Parliament adopted the "Data Act". This regulation provides for harmonised rules for fair access to and use of data and is aimed in particular at the IoT ("Internet of things"). Virtual voice assistants and chatbots such as Alexa, Siri and...

On 1 November 2023, lawyer Henrik Trockel joined the public procurement law team at WR Legal in Düsseldorf. As Counsel, he complements and further expands the advice in public procurement law. Henrik Trockel previously headed the public procurement law department at...

Charging a mobile phone with three banana peels - this is how the new biowaste treatment plant could be aptly described. On 20 October 2023, the Lower Rhine Biowaste Association (BAVN) started accepting biowaste at its new biowaste treatment plant on the grounds of...

In cooperation with the Düsseldorf coworking space beehive, WRL lawyers Gwendolin Gottschick LL.M. and Christian Leuchter will give various legal workshops and seminars on the topic of e-commerce starting in September 2023. The first event will deal with the topic of...

WR Legal advised DEG Dach-Fassade-Holz eG, Hamm, on the acquisition of the wholesale business of LIGNUM Handelsgesellschaft für Bau- und Ein-richtungsbedarf mbH & Co. KG, Münster. The transaction was structured as an asset deal and was completed immediately....

Legal teams competed against each other again this year for a good cause. On Saturday, 12 August 2023, the teams consisting of lawyers, judges and law students put their footballing skills to the test. The proceeds from the event will be used to support the DJK AGON...

On 16 June 2023,  Handelsblatt newspaper awarded both Dr Jens Biemann and Dr Christoph Neven as "Germany's Best Lawyers". The award was granted as part of the annual Handelsblatt ranking of Germany's most renowned legal advisors based on an extensive peer-to-peer...

DORA Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 already came into force at the beginning of 2023. Nevertheless, the new requirements for the financial sector are still unknown in many cases. Even though the obligation to implement the regulations was only dated for January 2025,...

In May 2023, Secusmart GmbH was awarded a tender by BWI GmbH, the IT systems house of the German armed forces, for the procurement of highly encrypted cell phones and tablets along with the associated infrastructure.