The criminal case we have been following for years has now reached a major procedural milestone. On 27 January 2026, the Regional Court of Cologne (Landgericht Köln) delivered its judgment in the joined criminal proceedings arising from 112 KLs 6/21 and 112 KLs 2/24. The written reasons were later signed
Fraud does not operate on lies alone. It operates on accounts. On payment rails. On internal transfers. On outgoing wires. On institutions willing to keep the machinery running long after the warning signs should have triggered harder questions. That is why the newly filed U.S. class action against JPMorgan Chase
A leaked Commission draft for a so-called “Digital Omnibus” would undermine core GDPR protections under the guise of “simplification.” It would narrow the scope of what constitutes personal data, curtail data-subject rights, create AI-specific carve-outs (even for sensitive data), and relax device-level protections currently anchored in the ePrivacy regime. If
Mercuryo’s SLAPP against EFRI As of 24 April 2023, the mercuryo group initiated a SLAPP – Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation – against EFRI and its board members for defamation reasons. The Austrian lawyer BINDER GRÖSSWANG represented them in court. The request for a preliminary injunction pertains to a table
