On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, the German Bundestag held its first reading of the Draft Act on the Modernisation of Product Liability Law (BT-Drs. 21/4297). The draft legislation serves to transpose the EU Product Liability...more
On October 10, 2024, the Council of the EU adopted the new EU Directive on Liability for Defective Products, which replaces the previously applicable Product Liability Directive of 1985, thereby fundamentally changing the...more