Peter Knechtli's Basel media service Online Reports was forced to moderate its reporting on the intervention of BALEX. In violation of journalistic duties of care, Knechtli had identified a defendant in a report. As a result, BALEX threatened a lawsuit and Online Reports moderated the current reporting. But Knechtli turned out to be a [...]
The Cantonal Court of Baselland has sentenced an assistant to three years' imprisonment for embezzlement of Mündel funds. The five-member chamber followed the appeal of the public prosecutor's office. Experts consider the verdict to be severe. The Court justified the severity by referring to the publicity this case will attract as a warning to [...]
Again and again, SMEs and trading firms agree on fixed prices, e.g. for tenders. Agreements or "coordinated action" among market participants is always delicate from the point of view of antitrust law per se. The German Cartel Act (KG) explicitly prohibits agreements which (a) eliminate or b) unlawfully restrict competition (Art. 5 KG). Agreements [...]