Category Archives: LDE

LDE III opens with insights into corporate AI strategy and European data law

The Institute for Information, Telecommunications, and Media Law (ITM) at the University of Münster has launched the third edition of its English-language Law of the Digital Economy program. The opening session combined practical insights into corporate AI adoption with an examination of overlapping European data legislation. Professor Thomas Hoeren welcomed the participants and outlined the […]

New LDE Publication

I am pleased to announce the publication of *Law of the Digital Economy*, edited by Philip Arne Mayer and me and published by Tectum Verlag. This volume brings together a selection of outstanding essays written by participants in our international certificate program, “Law of the Digital Economy,” at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications, and Media […]

LDE – the third

Law of the Digital Economy is back. Digital markets, data, AI, platforms and cybersecurity are no longer niche topics. They define the legal infrastructure of modern business. The LDE programme at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law, University of Münster, offers a compact and practice-oriented introduction to the legal framework of the digital […]

Certificate Award Ceremony “Law of the Digital Economy” at ITM

On September 26, 2025, the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law (ITM) hosted the festive award ceremony for the “Law of the Digital Economy” (LDE) program certificates. Around 50 guests – including graduates, faculty members, and international attendees – participated in the event. The LDE program is a fully online certificate course focusing on […]

LDE accepted by the Georgian Bar Association

Good News for Law of the Digital Economy (LDE) Students: Recognition by Georgian Bar Association The Georgian Bar Association will recognize the LDE course as part of its mandatory continuing legal education (CLE) program. This gives professional value to your participation. Course Promotion to Legal Professionals The Bar Association will actively promote the course among […]

Said Gulyamov on the DMA

On 6.5.25, Professor Dr. Said Gulyamov, Head of the Cyber Law Department at Tashkent State University of Law, delivered a compelling lecture on the legal implications of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) as part of the LDE (Law of the digital economy) series. The lecture focused on how the DMA aims to regulate powerful […]

New chatbot RechtsMentor

We’re done !!! I have now dedicated myself to the further development of the new AI project. After extensive brainstorming and numerous considerations (also by the tireless ITM employee Merlin Rombach – thank you, thank you, thank you), I can now present the first iteration of the RechtsMentor – ITM GPT (link below). In my […]

News at the halfway point of LDE

Who would have thought it? Unforeseen success of the new additional Law of the Digital Economy course! We started with formal commitments from five universities: The new additional training course on legal issues in European and international data law slowly took off in 2024. It soon became clear that we had reached the limits of […]