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Advances in technology have made it possible for employees in various professional fields to work remotely – from virtually anywhere in the world – […]

The Act on the Modernisation of Partnership Law (Gesetz zur Modernisierung des Personengesellschaftsrechts, MoPeG) has now been approved by the […]

When rental apartments are rented out via online portals there is a risk that the actual use of the living space will be different to the one that was […]

The ‘Act for better protection of whistleblowers as well as for the transposition of the EU directive on the protection of persons who report breaches […]

On 22.3.2023, the EU Commission presented a draft directive on common criteria against greenwashing and misleading environmental claims. The […]

Disclaiming an inheritance is a move that could be considered not merely where the aim is to avoid personal liability for the deceased person‘s debts. […]

Parisians recently voted to clear e-scooters from their city’s streets in the future. In Germany, by contrast, such a decision will probably not be […]

Since 2020, employers have been able to apply for compensation for the loss of earnings incurred by employees who had to isolate in quarantine at […]

In the business sphere, a death could pose an existential threat, particularly if there has been no structured succession planning and no succession […]

If a GmbH [private limited company] ceases to comply with certain obligations, such as, e.g., transferring the payroll tax, then the local tax office […]

In a pivotal ruling, the Federal Labour Court decided that a woman may claim the same remuneration as her male colleague for the same or equivalent […]

The Directive (EU) 2019/2121 (Directive on Cross-Border Conversions) had to be transposed into national law by 31.1.2023. It will introduce, for the […]

In a recent case, the ECJ had to rule on whether or not an employee would have to accept their employer’s refusal to reimburse the costs for […]

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brought a lot of uncertainties in its wake, but above all the promise of greater data security, too. […]

Two referrals by the Federal Fiscal Court (Bundes­finanzhof, BFH) brought before the ECJ the question as to whether or not the German regulation […]

Many banks and Sparkassen [savings banks] have been trying for months to enforce their new terms and conditions. Recently, the Hanover regional court […]

In 2019 already, the ECJ decided that Member States would have to adopt national legislation that would oblige employers to set up a system for […]

These days, correspondence between companies mainly takes place via e-mail. However, you should be aware that e-mails quickly make their way to the […]

Our lives are increasingly shifting into digital spaces; here, passwords protect access to personal services such as online banking or social […]

According to settled case law, a profit transfer agreement (PTA) would only have actually been implemented if the profit that has been determined is […]