09.03.2021

Transparency Register: New draft bill introduces significant changes and new obligations

On 10 February 2021, the German Federal Government published a draft bill for a Transparency Register and Financial Information Act (Transparenzregister- und Finanzinformationsgesetz, TraFinG, draft bill).…

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09.03.2021

Interference with the Basis of the Transaction Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic?

In our blog posts of 21 October 2020 and 13 November 2020, we presented the first court decisions on the obligation to pay rent in the event of operational closure orders during the Covid-19 pandemic.…

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09.03.2021

Termination of Disagreeable Leases During the Corona Pandemic by Failure to Comply with the Written Form Requirement

In the course of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there is a particular need for many lessees to terminate current lease agreements. As the above contribution in this newsletter shows, it is often very…

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08.03.2021

Friendship Ends at Lunch - Works Council's Right of Co-Determination in the Implementation of the Corona Regulations

Curried sausage, schnitzel with chips, lentils with spaetzle, spaghetti bolognese, bami goreng, chicken fillet with vegetables, curry with rice, meatballs, burgers, sausages with mashed potatoes and fish…

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08.03.2021

German Supply Chain Law: RegE (Government Draft Law), FAQ and EU

In our blog post "Here we go after all: National Supply Chain Act coming!" of 12 February 2021, we reported: After tough negotiations, the responsible ministers Heil, Müller and Altmaier have reached a…

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03.03.2021

The duty to notify losses under German Company Law – a case of liability for managing directors!

German legislators extended the suspension of the obligation to file for insolvency, such as for limited liability companies (GmbHs) that have filed a claim for financial aid due to the impact of the…

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02.03.2021

"Pandemic Jurisdiction" on Commercial Leases - Another Higher Regional Court Speaks Out (Reference Decision of the Munich Higher Regional Court of 17 February 2021

Only yesterday we gave you an update on the current decisions in our blog post in our blog post "One Year of Commercial Lease Law in the Pandemic - an Overview". For the first time, we were also able to…

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02.03.2021

International Women’s Day, 08 March 2021

Congratulations on the wonderful spring bank holiday, International Women’s Day! May this spring offer you countless happy moments and joyful meetings! We wish you good health, prosperity and a…

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01.03.2021

One Year of Commercial Lease Law in the Pandemic - an Overview

In our blog post "One Year of Commercial Lease Law in the Pandemic - an Overview" of 5 February 2021, we had summarised for you the current status at that time. Up until then, our summary had to be limited…

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01.03.2021

2021 Update – An overview of the most important labour law updates for start-ups

2021 does (not) make everything new. However, a few new developments in labour law are also relevant for start-ups. Dr Michaela Felisiak LLM and Dr Erik Schmid outline the most important labour law…

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28.02.2021

The Home Office Telegram

SARS-CoV-2 ++Stop++ Corona Pandemic ++Stop++ Conference of Minister Presidents of 19 January 2021 ++Stop++ Employer's Duty to Enable Home Office Where Implementable ++Stop++ Home and Mobile Office ++Stop++…

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25.02.2021

EU First – Venture Capital Funds, Start-ups and the German Foreign Investment Control

The draft bill of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) dated 22 January 2021 for the 17th Amendment of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance underlines that the…

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