Refine your search
36 results found
OBLIN Attorneys at Law | Austria | 25 Mar 2023
Arbitration in Austria
OBLIN Attorneys at Law | Austria | 19 May 2022
Dispute Resolution in Austria
OBLIN Attorneys at Law | Austria, European Union | 21 Apr 2020
Volkswagen emissions scandal: Supreme Court refers questions to ECJ
The Supreme Court recently decided to refer certain important questions regarding the Volkswagen emission manipulation scandal to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Supreme Court's assessment of the case and its decision to refer it to the ECJ have revealed other aspects of the scandal and......
OBLIN Attorneys at Law | Austria, European Union | 10 Mar 2020
Austria, EU privacy and the ongoing Schrems v Facebook case
The Vienna Regional Court for Civil Matters recently closed the oral hearing in the data protection case brought against Facebook by European privacy group None of Your Business. During the hearing, Facebook's European privacy director faced questions centring on matters of data control regarding the social media platform. The pending decision of the court foreshadows further disputes on......
OBLIN Attorneys at Law | Austria, Iran | 24 Dec 2019
Iranian inheritance law and Austrian public policy
Earlier in 2019, the Supreme Court held that in light of a bilateral treaty, the Austrian courts must apply Iranian law in inheritance matters concerning Iranian nationals. However, provisions of Iranian law that differentiate between heirs on the basis of gender must be treated as violations of the fundamental values of Austrian law and should thus be exempt from application.
