Department of Business Law (Institute of Business and Tax Law)

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Research focus

Professor Susanne Augenhofer’s research focuses on a range of issues across consumer law, including international contract law, fair trade and advertising law, and competition and antitrust law. Her research places a special emphasis on the enforcement of consumer rights, as well as legal comparison in the context of the harmonisation of private law in the European Union and transnational settings. Her current research focuses on the liability of businesses for corporate speech, self-regulation of privacy law, the legal assessment of social media influencers, warranty law in the digital age, the Digital Market Act Proposal, the private enforcement of antitrust law, and the current state of class actions in the United States and Europe.