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consumer products & retail
At Schoenherr we advise leading consumer goods companies on their market entry as well as on expanding in markets through acquisitions as well as supply, distribution and franchising arrangements. In addition, we assist our clients in complying with regulatory requirements, competitive as well as compliance pressures. We have deep knowledge of relevant product labelling, food, and product safety and brand protection laws, and we help our clients to comply with the legal challenges owing to changing consumer behaviour triggered by the ongoing digitalisation of the industry.
We are proud of our expertise in procuring protection for brands and products through ip rights and enforcing these. We check advertising and promotion activity in respect of unfair competition rules and litigate in this respect when needed.
legal areas
- administrative & public law
- arbitration
- commercial contracts
- eu & competition
- compliance & internal investigations
- corporate & reorganisations
- data protection & privacy
- environmental law
- ip & unfair competition
- it & technology law
- labour & employment
- litigation
- m&a
- restructuring & insolvency
- white collar crime & criminal defence
services
- advertising
- buying alliances
- brand protection
- consumer finance, such as outsourcing, store-cards, credit cards and loyalty cards
- dealing with consumer claims
- e-commerce and distance selling
- market entry
- product safety, product liability and product recalls
- supply, distribution and franchising agreements
news
newsletter
Austria: Yet another service fee? Austria’s Supreme Court confirms validity!
In the past, the Oberster Gerichtshof (OGH), Austria’s Supreme Court, has repeatedly dealt with the admissibility of contractual clauses on the charging of fees and their transparency according to current consumer law.
Its recent decision of 13 February 2025 (9 Ob 116/24k) addressed the permissibility of a service fee charged by a delivery service.
event
breakfast with schoenherr | Staying ahead in the food business: mastering laws, trends and practices
8 May 2025 | 9:00 – 11:30 am EET
30 Dacia Boulevard, 7th floor, Bucharest
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The Czech Class Actions Act: a potential game-changer for consumer claims enforcement against businesses
The Czech Class Actions Act – Act No. 179/2024 Coll., on Collective Civil Proceedings (the "Act") – implementing the EU Directive on representative actions, came into effect on 1 July 2024. This long-awaited legislation enables collective enforcement of consumer claims against businesses, a mechanism that has been largely limited in the Czech Republic until now. This poses risks, especially for businesses with large consumer bases in sectors such as financial services, insurance, energy, telecommunications and transport.
info corner
UTP info corner
Our UTP info corner summaries the main UTP acts and other acts aiming to curb the exercise of SMP, decisions, supplementing materials, as well as our insights and thoughts on this topic.
our experience
highlights
industry highlights
We're happy to share some information on a few matters we have advised on in the consumer products & retail industry.