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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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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25.02.2021

Expensive Protective Shield Procedure - How Companies Secure Financing at an Early Stage

In times of the corona crisis, the protective shield procedure is the only way for many companies to permanently reorganise themselves. Due to the high costs of the protective shield procedure, early…

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24.02.2021

The New German Competition Law: What’s in It for Start-ups and VC?

Since the middle of January, Germany has had a new competition law designed to take account of the increasing digitalisation of the economy. For start-ups, this new competition law means simpler access to…

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23.02.2021

GDPR Fine of 14.5 Million Euros Averted

Immobiliengesellschaft Deutsche Wohnen SE has been able to avert the record fine in the amount of EUR 14.5 million imposed in 2019 for the time being. The Regional Court Berlin considers the fine notice…

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22.02.2021

Whistleblower Protection Act: New Whistleblowing Duties Affect Medium-Sized Companies

New Act stipulates new duties for all companies with more than 50 employees, including freelancers. From December 2021 at the latest, affected companies are to set up their own whistleblowing system…

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18.02.2021

New Developments Regarding Taxation of IP Registered in Germany

After the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMoF) issued a letter of guidance on the taxation of IP merely registered in Germany on 6 November 2020, concerns grew on the correct treatment of such matters.…

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15.02.2021

C&A Must Pay Rent in Full - Payments of Rent Arrears are Reasonable Under Section 313 German Civil Code

In its judgement of 12 February 2021, the Regional Court Munich I states that it was reasonable for the department stores' chain C&A "in general and also on the basis of the profits from the previous three…

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14.02.2021

Dear Employee, Unfortunately I Do Not Have a Workplace for You Today

With this headline I am of course not credible when I claim that I do not follow "GNTM" (Germany's next top model). But I do know the show, roughly the format and - from wherever - Heidi Klum's saying when…

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