Today, the Munich Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) issued an interim judgment (Zwischenurteil) in the case of Claudia Pechstein, the speed skater. It held the arbitration agreement between Pechstein and the sport’s governing body, the International Skating Union (ISU), to be invalid on competition law grounds. As a consequence, Pechstein’s claims for damages suffered as a result of the doping ban can be brought in the German courts. Continue reading →