An Austria-based consumer rights group can sue Volkswagen in Austrian national court over defective cars sold during the automaker’s emissions scandal even though the company is headquartered in Germany, a magistrate with the EU’s top court said Thursday.
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European Union member states must make sure countries outside the bloc that ask to extradite someone will not torture or kill that person, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic violated European Union regulations by refusing to take in their share of refugees, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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LUXEMBOURG (CN) — Vying to combat the city’s housing crunch, a limit on Airbnb rentals in Paris should stand, a
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Flight delayed in Europe? You’re entitled to compensation from the airline even if you booked your trip through a travel agency, the European Union’s top court said Thursday.
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Merely referring to a national law in a contract is not enough to make a consumer credit agreement clear, Europe’s top court held Thursday.
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The European Union’s highest court said Thursday it won’t take up a case about disciplinary procedures for Polish judges, the latest battle over judicial independence in the central European country.
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The European Union’s highest court ruled Thursday that an environmental law charity cannot have access to documents relating to EU trade agreements.
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Courts in the European Union can adjust contracts such as mortgage loans that are unfair to consumers if they violate national laws, even if they don’t violate EU rules, an adviser to Europe’s highest court said Thursday.
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The European Union’s top court found Thursday that workers aren’t exempt from regulations on permanent employment contracts just because they have agreed to multiple temporary contracts.
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European Union regulations don’t prevent countries from confiscating assets from someone charged with civil offenses or not yet convicted of a crime, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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The European Union’s highest court ruled Thursday that airline passengers who have already been compensated for canceled flights are entitled to further compensation when their rerouted flights fail to reach their final destination within a certain amount of time.
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Just over 48 hours into a nationwide lockdown to contain a coronavirus spread, Italy was slapped with an $8.5 million fine Thursday over tourism-boosting grants that the EU’s top court ruled illegal.
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Every term of a consumer contract need not face scrutiny for the whole deal to be found unfair, the EU’s highest court ruled Wednesday.
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When you hear BBQLOUMI, don’t you think of halloumi, the white salty cheese from Cyprus?
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Hungary wrongly and unfairly drew up regulations that forced a university set up by American billionaire George Soros to move many of its classes to Vienna, a European magistrate said Thursday.
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The European Union’s highest court found Tuesday that a Hungarian tax on phone companies doesn’t violate EU law.
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Belgium can’t be forced to extradite a Spanish rapper convicted of glorifying terrorism until it determines if his lyrics are a crime under Belgian law, the European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday.
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Backing Google in a tax dispute Tuesday, Europe’s highest court chucked a $3.5 million fine related to advertising sales in Hungary.
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With a ruling that left both banks and consumers claiming victory, Europe’s highest court on Tuesday waded into a legal dispute over allegedly unfair home mortgage plans Spanish banks used during a housing boom that imploded with the 2008 financial crisis.
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