In 2025 and 2026, the Federal Court of Justice and several Higher Regional Courts ruled on the limits of permissible gratuities and promotional gifts in the pharmaceutical sector. Three issues were central to these ruling.
In its judgment of 11 March 2026, the Regional Court of Bamberg ordered Google, as the operator of YouTube, not to allow the publication of influencer videos unless their promotional nature and the identity of the client are made sufficiently transparent.
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