Our Salary Partner Nicolas Jim Nadolny explains in beck-aktuell why it’s worth making a distinction in the Eralp v. Spiegel case. TODAY IN LAW
https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsgeschehen/durfte-der-spiegel-das-veroeffentlichen-2026-10-30
Was *Der Spiegel* allowed to publish Eralp’s internal documents
? An analysis by Christian Schertz in the *Tagesspiegel*
🎧 Weekend tip: What lies ahead if the #rule of law comes under pressure and too few people realize just how absolutely essential it is for preserving personal #freedom? Mathias Hielscher in conversation with attorney Christian Schertz.
The Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court has rejected a counterstatement filed by Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg against the magazine “Bunte.” The magazine first reported that the couple had “broken up” and then claimed the opposite. The judges didn’t buy that trick. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien-und-film/medienpolitik/gericht-lehnt-gegendarstellung-von-guttenberg-gegen-bunte-ab-201529517.html?utm_term=Autofeed&campID=SCL-EAu2500002683&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1792159893
"I wish people would be more forgiving—after all, everyone
makes mistakes sometimes."
Christian Schertz at the #CommunicationCongress
Commentary by Clara von Harling in the current issue of the journal *Archiv für Presserecht*: Federal Court of Justice (BGH), judgment of May 12, 2026—VI ZR 346/24—Deliberately Incomplete Identifying Reporting, with commentary by Harling, *AfP* 2026, 307
Correctiv had claimed that the former federal minister had spoken out in favor of a CDU minority government collaborating with the AfD on his podcast. However, according to the Berlin Regional Court II, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg had in fact said the opposite.
Correctiv article on zu Guttenberg: Berlin Regional Court II cites "fundamental journalistic duties..."
Correctiv had claimed that the former federal minister had spoken out in his podcast in favor of a group collaborating with the AfD...
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Schertz Bergmann Secures Injunctive Relief for Sibel Kekilli Against BUNTE
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/bunte-verliert-gegen-sibel-kekilli-kalkulierter-rechtsbruch-li.3534404
Schertz Bergmann Secures Injunction Against CORRECTIV at the Berlin Regional Court II
Full text of the ruling: https://www.schertz-bergmann.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260818_LG-Berlin_Urteil_KTzG-Correctiv.pdf
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