EABG-Check: the new draft law at a glance
Mario Laimgruber and Alexander Gimona take a critical look at the new EABG draft.
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ElWG Check 2.0: What does the power grid cost?
Pecunia non olet! Johannes Hartlieb and Alexander Gimona discuss the planned changes to electricity grid fees.
New publication: practical guide for successful environmental projects
On September 1, 2025, the new reference book by Mario Laimgruber and Christian Bellina was published. – Using common sense to achieve project success.
ElWG Check 2.0: community energy – together alone?
Johannes Hartlieb and Alexander Gimona provide an overview of the “new” community energy.
“Weight loss injections” covered by health insurance? The legal situation in Austria
Gisela Ernst and Karl Stöger discuss the “multilayered” legal situation in Gesundheitsrecht.blog.
AVG amendment under review! EABG and UVP-G amendments announced
The new legislative package could be the solution—or, viewed objectively, at least a step in the right direction.
JUVE ranking for real estate and construction law
Haslinger / Nagele has also established itself among the leading practice groups in the country in the field of private construction law.
ElWG-Check 2.0: changes for energy storage facilities
Storage facilities such as battery storage systems are undergoing a significant upgrade thanks to the ElWG. We have the details.
ElWG Check 2.0: the new draft law at a glance
The Electricity Industry Act promises to reform the electricity market. We analyze whether the draft can deliver on this promise.
Draft ElWG – “a new start for the electricity market”
A first look at the draft law
Nature restoration update – more flexibility in the system of compensatory measures
Mario Laimgruber and Maurizio Stoisser summarize for you exactly how Austria is utilizing the EU’s flexibility in the renaturation regulation.
Watch your back – when AI has a say in employee evaluation
Markus Gaderer analyzes AI-supported employee evaluation: What is legally permissible and where the limits lie.
Legal clarifications strengthen the utilization of steel mill slags
Cornelia Lanser and Reka Kraszani analyze two groundbreaking findings on the utilization of slag from steel production.
Forever chemicals (PFAS): here to stay
Johannes Hartlieb and Alexander Gimona shed light on the planned ban on perpetual chemicals.
OGH: No special private law in the energy supply sector
Johannes Hartlieb and Alexander Gimona analyze for you the Supreme Court decision that changes to electricity prices require a contractual basis.
Cross-border telemedicine before the ECJ – country-of-origin or country-of-destination principle?
Gisela Ernst and Dominique Korbel provide an overview of the legal classification of telemedicine at national and EU level.
Legal protection in the grid reserve – part 2
Emil Nigmatullin analyzes for you the recent decision of the Federal Administrative Court on the party status of plant operators in the regulatory authority’s selection approval procedure.
Merger control notification requirements – a question of the right timing?
Florian Krumbiegel provides an overview of the merger control notification requirements for the acquisition of innovative pharmaceutical companies.
CSDDD Light: less is more?
Johannes Hartlieb, Cornelia Lanser and Alexander Gimona provide an overview of the Omnibus Initiative, which aims to ease supply chain diligence obligations.
“No one can serve two masters” – why managing directors cannot also be data protection officers
Ilka Kuci gives an overview of the decision of the Austrian data protection authority regarding data protection officers.
Environmental procedures: limits and (mis)interpretations of EIA cumulative assessments
Two things are (supposedly) infinite: the universe and the projects to be accumulated in an EIA – or are they?
Tariff, tariff-er, tariff-est? Omnibus and updates to CBAM (aka the CO₂ tariff)
Johannes Hartlieb, Cornelia Lanser and Alexander Gimona take a detailed look at the CBAM regulation for you as part of the Omnibus 1 initiative.
The EHDS – new rules for health data: overview and outlook
Dominique Korbel and Gisela Ernst take a look at the EHDS Regulation and the challenges posed by the new regulations.
“Doing the Right Thing Now”: the government program from an energy law perspective
Johannes Hartlieb, Alexander Gimona, Luka Marcelja, Marlene Malli-Harrer analyze the government program.
