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Dr. Jakob Horn, LL.M. (Harvard)
Dr. Jakob Horn, LL.M. (Harvard)

Dr. Jakob Horn, LL.M. (Harvard)

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Jakob is a member in the Practice Area Technology, Media & Telecoms. He advises companies on legal questions regarding data protection, tech transactions and IT security, as well as other technology related issues.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Data & cyber
Information technology
Artificial intelligence
GDPR compliance
Cyber security & data breaches
Data Governance
Technology disputes
Tech Litigation

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
Machine learning
Blockchain
Software
Tech infrastructure (data centres, fibre, broadband)

CV

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2024 Post-Doc Researcher and Lecturer, Humboldt University, Berlin
2015 - 2018 Prae-Doc Researcher and Lecturer, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena
2021 Second State Examination (Bar Exam)
2019 - 2021 Legal Trainee at Higher Regional Court of Berlin, among others stages at Federal Ministry of Justice and Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2019 Master of Laws (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA
2018 Ph.D. (Dissertation: The Emergency Arbitrator the German Rules of Civil Procedure)
2015 First State Examination
2010 - 2015 Legal Studies, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Career

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2024 Post-Doc Researcher and Lecturer, Humboldt University, Berlin
2015 - 2018 Prae-Doc Researcher and Lecturer, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena

Education

2021 Second State Examination (Bar Exam)
2019 - 2021 Legal Trainee at Higher Regional Court of Berlin, among others stages at Federal Ministry of Justice and Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2019 Master of Laws (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA
2018 Ph.D. (Dissertation: The Emergency Arbitrator the German Rules of Civil Procedure)
2015 First State Examination
2010 - 2015 Legal Studies, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Publications

Data Breaches Under the GDPR Not Excused by Employee Error (EU), Thomson Reuters, 2024 

Mitarbeiter machen Fehler? Ja, aber das ist keine Entschuldigung für den Datenschutzverstoß, Datenschutz-Berater 5/24

Entwicklung eines Legal Tech-Tools - Die Ergebnise eines innovativen Kurses an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, LTZ 1/2024, 46-47

Alterantive Streitbeilegung & Verhandlung, Ebers, Stichwortkommentar Legal Tech, 2023

Die vollautomatische zivilgerichtliche Entscheidung, ZZP 136 (2023), 459-463

Verfahrensgrundsätze und Digitalisierung der zivilgerichtlichen Streitbeilegung, in Riehm/Dörr, Digitalisierung und Zivilverfahren, 2023, § 26 (mit Prof. Dr. Giesela Rühl)

Automatische Informationsbeschaffung durch Zivilgerichte, Zum Einsatz von IT im Zivilprozess, RDi 2022, 469-477

The Emergency Arbitrator under the New York Convention, The American Review of International Arbitration 31 (2021), 109-125

Der Emergency Arbitrator und die ZPO, 2019 (Dissertation)

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Damages for Incorrect SCHUFA Report: Analysis of the BGH Ruling of 28 January 2025 (VI ZR 183/22)

6 March 2025
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GDPR Damages Claims: Quantitative Overview on Court decisions

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