15.04.2020

Strengthening of Investment Controls in Germany and Europe

Over the last two years, investment control rules were strengthened throughout Europe, or for the first time adopted, and a common framework for the assessment of foreign direct investments created by the…

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14.04.2020

Update on the Placing on the Market of Medical Devices and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as (Respiratory) Masks in the Context of the Coronavirus Crisis

In our posts dated 1 April 2020 (LINK) and dated 2 April 2020 (LINK) we informed about the placing on the market of medical devices and personal protective equipment in the context of the corona crisis.…

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13.04.2020

Federal Government intends to make digital works council work possible

Calls for opening the Works Constitution Act (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz - BetrVG) towards digitalisation existed long before the outbreak of the Corona pandemic. Numerous voices so far declared themselves…

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13.04.2020

When day care centres are closed due to coronavirus – what applies to employees taking care of their relatives?

As far as working parents are concerned, the legislature reacted quickly and responded to the closing of schools throughout the country with a revision of s56(1)(a) of the German Protection Against…

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13.04.2020

Commercial leasing law

As reaction to the corona crisis all State Governments - primarily in March 2020 - did take measures for slowing down the spread of the new corona virus on the basis of the Infection Protection Law. In…

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08.04.2020

Period of the Retroactive Effect for Restructuring Measures extended – Does this also apply for tax purposes as part of the German Reorganisation Tax Act?

On 27 March 2020, the law for the Mitigation of the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Proceedings Law was announced in the Federal Law Gazette (BGBl. I 2020, page…

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08.04.2020

Corona vs. CSR: Does the Virus also Stop Sustainability?

In our newsletter "Outlook Corporate Social Responsibility 2020" at the beginning of February 2020, we presented our assessment that the new decade would be in the spotlight of sustainability. Two months…

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07.04.2020

Update regarding shutdown insurances

The ongoing measures to contain the corona pandemic are having a severe impact on the economy. In this context, shutdown insurances are becoming the focus of attention. Shutdown insurances were taken out…

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07.04.2020

SIMPLIFIED ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS FOR GERMAN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

On 27 March 2020, the legislator adopted the Gesetz zur Abmilderung der Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie im Zivil-, Insolvenz- und Strafverfahrensrecht (Act to Mitigate the Consequences of the COVID-19…

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06.04.2020

Inheritance tax: Tax exemption for business assets at risk?

The coronavirus has already prompted the legislator to introduce far-reaching aid measures and tax breaks. So far, the inheritance and gift tax law has not been addressed. The wage bill regulation as…

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02.04.2020

No Duty to File for Insolvency but Risk of Fraud!

With the German Act to Mitigate the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Proceedings Law and the COVID-19 Insolvency Suspension Act (COVInsAG) contained therein…

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02.04.2020

Condominium Act on the Term of Office of Propert Managers

The Bundestag (Federal Parliament) and Bundesrat (Federal Council) have passed the " Act on Mitigation of the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Proceedings Law". Due…

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