Professor Paal has already supervised numerous dissertation processes in his areas of research.
Supervised and already completed dissertation processes
| 42. | Ina Kritzer, Data Protection Law Obligations, Sanction Regime, and the Right Against Self-Incrimination. Obligations to Cooperate under the GDPR and the Tension to the Nemo Tenetur Principle when Imposing Fines, 2022 |
| 41. | Tristan Radtke, Joint Responsibility under the GDPR – with Special Consideration of Internet Situations, 2021 |
| 40. | Anouk Bender, The Voluntariness of Data Protection Consent for Non-Monetary Services on the Internet, 2021 |
| 39. | Christoph Cordes, Universal Succession, Data Protection Law and Contract Design, 2021 |
| 38. | Charlotte Sophie Veith, Artificial Intelligence, Liability, and Antitrust Law, 2021 |
| 37. | Felix Maatz, Influencer Marketing, 2021 |
| 36. | Philipp Thomé, Blocking Orders Against Internet Service Providers, 2020 |
| 35. | Jakob Rüder, Vertical Integration in the Media Sector and Merger Control – Vertical Media Mergers, OVD Disruption and Merger Control in the United States, the European Union, and Germany, 2020 |
| 34. | Philipp Ringlage, Liability Concepts for Autonomous Driving – “ePerson” and “RmbH”, 2020 |
| 33. | Helena Askani, Private Enforcement of Copyright Infringements on the Internet, 2020 |
| 32. | Max Grewe, The Antitrust Abuse Prohibition for Enforcing Terms and Conditions, Fair Trading, and Data Protection Law, 2020 |
| 31. | Till Karrer, Abuse Control in the Telecommunications and Energy Sector Between Regulation and Municipal Action, 2020 |
| 30. | Marlene Voigt, The Data Protection Consent – on the Tension Between Informational Self-Determination and Economic Exploitation of Personal Data, 2020 – awarded with the Rudolf-Haufe Emerging Scholar Award 2020 |
| 29. | Aron Heidtke, Opinion Formation and Media Intermediaries. Diversity-Ensuring Regulation to Guarantee the Conditions for Free Opinion Formation in the Age of Digitalization, 2020 |
| 28. | Nela Grothe, Data Power in Antitrust Abuse Supervision, 2019 |
| 27. | Paul Rhode, Need for Reform for an Efficiency-Oriented Collective Management of Online Rights to Musical Works according to the VVG, 2019 |
| 26. | Anne-Sophie Landwers, Government Public Relations in Law: Permissibility, Possibility, and Limits using the Example of the Federal Cartel Office and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, 2018 |
| 25. | Natascha M. Leyendecker-Langner, Product Placement in Movies – An Analysis of the European and German Legal Framework, 2018 |
| 24. | Manuel Gyarmati-Buchmüller, Neuromarketing and Fair Trading Law Consumer Protection, 2018 |
| 23. | Patrick Steinmetz, Apps in Fair Trading Law – An Examination of Selected Legal Issues in Connection with the Distribution of Mobile Applications, 2017 |
| 22. | Alexander Kipshagen, Liability for Open WLAN – A Comparison with Other Intermediaries and the Legal Situation in Great Britain and the USA, 2017 |
| 21. | Ilka Mauelshagen, Online Content, Internet Search Engines, and Compensation Claims – The Antitrust Limits of the Copyright Protection Rights for Press Publishers, 2017 |
| 20. | Julian Siegmund, Search Engine Algorithms in the Antitrust Law of the European Union and the United States of America, 2017 |
| 19. | Nicolas Kutscher, Director’s Liability as an Instrument of Stock Corporation Corporate Governance, 2017 |
| 18. | Lea Katharina Kumkar, Online Markets and Competition Law – Implications of the Platform Revolution for EU Distribution Antitrust Law, 2017 – awarded with the Rudolf-Haufe Emerging Scholar Award 2017 and the Werner-von-Simson Prize 2017 |
| 17. | Jesko Schwarz, Access to App Stores – An Examination of the Relationship between App Store Operators and Content Providers under Competition and Media Law, 2017 |
| 16. | Max Heinrich, Legal Questions of the Economic Unit of Liability in European Antitrust Law, 2016 |
| 15. | Dominik Thalmann, Use of Images of Public Figures for Advertising Purposes, 2015 – awarded with the Prize of the Year 2017 of the Dr. Georg F. Rössler Foundation in the Association of Lawyers at the Federal Court of Justice e.V. |
| 14. | Julia Elixmann, Broadcasting Corporations on the Internet – Competition and Enforcement of Norms, 2015 |
| 13. | Tomáš Chmelík, Social Network Sites (“Social Networks”) – Responsibility for User-Generated Content with Special Consideration of the Störer Liability, 2015 |
| 12. | Clemens Birkert, Legal Questions in the Opening of Local Internet Access, 2015 – awarded with the Rudolf-Haufe Emerging Scholar Award 2016 |
| 11. | Ludwig Ulmer, Cartel Prohibition and Non-Economic Justification, 2014 |
| 10. | Nikolas Guggenberger, Net Neutrality: Model and Abuse Supervision, 2014 – awarded with the Rudolf-Haufe Emerging Scholar Award 2015 and the Jacques Lassier Prize of the International League of Competition Law 2015 |
| 9. | Vito Esposito, Private Sports Regulations and EU Antitrust Law, 2014 |
| 8. | Max Jonas Erhard, Market Power Shift by Search Engine Operators, 2014 |
| 7. | J. Benedikt Vogel, The Media Personality Right in International Private Law, 2014 |
| 6. | Constantin Draack, Press Cartel Law for Diversity Assurance, 2014 |
| 5. | Tilmann Schreiber, Antitrust Disentanglement in the Energy Sector, 2013 |
| 4. | Anja Wilkat, Rating Portals on the Internet, 2012 |
| 3. | Sebastian Häfele, Private Enforcement in Antitrust Law and the Leniency Regulation, 2012 |
| 2. | N. Orly Leventer, Google Book Search and Comparative Copyright Law, 2011 |
| 1. | Moritz Hennemann, Copyright Enforcement and the Internet, 2011 – awarded with the Prize of the Year 2012 of the Dr. Georg F. Rössler Foundation in the Association of Lawyers at the Federal Court of Justice e.V. |