Faulty software attestations, certificates and attestations: Theses on the liability of the management or managers, as well as software houses, auditors and other alleged experts

A reply to Stritters Forum tips of 13.10.2007   Some business managers can be blinded by attestations, certificates and certifications when purchasing software: Not only the content with many ifs and buts, but especially the liability situation shows that these are regularly samples without value.   Manager liability Even from a medium-sized GmbH, the management […]

No protection against malicious actions

– How FIFA, Microsoft, WPs, BP and the Mafia are sued under the same law – VW is – hopefully – not a criminal organization, just like Microsoft, BP, the FIFA or auditors (WPs) of Russian companies. Surely VW only admitted the objective circumstances in a legally preventive way, or rather admitted something of which […]

Underwriting of life insurance policies

The BGH has decided that – completely independent of the revocation – a claim for damages can also be sufficient for the reversal of a life insurance policy – oh for contracts concluded from 2008 onwards.   In its current ruling of 28 June 2017 (Case No. IV ZR 440/14), the Federal Court of Justice […]

Questionable damage – highly questionable fraud?

How FIFA, Microsoft, WPs, BP and the Mafia are sued under the same law and pilloried through American glasses, Dr. Johannes Fiala and Dipl.-Math. Peter A. Schramm explain in a multi-part article. The first part was about the “Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act”, a US federal law that makes this kind of jurisdiction possible. […]

D & O and the “dark machinations” of the Big Five

The SPIEGEL wants to have uncovered dark machinations of the great German car managers. If the revelations prove true, Daimler, BMW, Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen may face severe fines amounting to billions. Up to ten percent of annual turnover can be fined in cartel proceedings. And these are not peanuts in the German “Big Five”. […]

Insurance lottery: Does insurance cover depend on chance?

If the cover does not match the risk in the case of insurance policies that differ from the application, what is actually still insured? And what is not? The answer to this question is provided by Dr. Johannes Fiala and Dipl.-Math. Peter A. Schramm. “Once you had the advantage,” said the devil, “but that shall […]