31.03.2020

Getting through the Corona Crisis by Short-Time Work

Many companies and their employees experience the repercussions of the corona pandemic on business operations and their options to work tightening every day. Consequently, the Federal Government has set…

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31.03.2020

Facilitating the placing on the market of medical devices in the course of the coronavirus crisis

In the course of the spread of the COVID-19 disease, caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, there is an increasing shortage of medical devices. There is also an acute need for newly developed medical devices,…

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29.03.2020

ANTITRUST LAW IN THE CORONA CRISIS (4): MARKET POWER

Antitrust law also applies in times of crisis. Antitrust law imposes a special responsibility on companies with market power. In times of crisis, their market behaviour and commercial practices can quickly…

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29.03.2020

Legislative packages to support the public health system in managing the coronavirus epidemic

On 25 March 2020 the German Bundestag adopted draft bills proposed by the parliamentary groups of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) for the "COVID19 Hospital…

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26.03.2020

Coronavirus crisis: impacts on the construction industry Even now each case is different

In the current crisis, construction companies may assume that, if a building project is disrupted by the consequences of the coronavirus crisis, they could automatically invoke Force Majeure, discontinue…

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25.03.2020

Antitrust Law in the Corona Crisis: German Merger Control Risks

Merger control also applies in times of crisis. The changing economic environment may allow mergers that would have been prohibited in the past. More often, however, the corona crisis will delay merger…

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25.03.2020

Compensation for Employers under the German Protection Against Infection Act?

Already today the coronavirus pandemic pushes many large and small companies to the brink of their economic capacities. In their distress, companies clutch at any straw. This is all the more understandable…

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25.03.2020

Coronavirus: Refund of VAT Special Advance Payment

In addition to the measures discussed by us on 19 March 2020, the fiscal authorities of some of Germany's federal states have now decided on further relief ‑ particularly for VAT ‑ in order to strengthen…

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25.03.2020

Continued Payment of Wages in the Case of Closure of Childcare Centres and Schools - New Legislative Regulation

In almost all companies, the effects of the closure of childcare facilities and schools are being felt. Parents have to look after the children at home because the grandparents belong to the risk group…

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24.03.2020

Antitrust law in the corona crisis (2): Suppliers / Distributors

Antitrust law also applies in times of crisis. But: Antitrust law allows companies the necessary flexibility to react to the challenges of the corona crisis. One such reaction is reaching bilateral…

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24.03.2020

Update: Federal Government Legislative Package to Mitigate the Effects of the COVID 19 Pandemic

Today, 25 March 2020, the Bundestag (German Federal Parliament) adopted the draft bill proposed by the parliamentary groups of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD)…

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24.03.2020

Lease Law in the Legislative Package against the Consequences of the Corona Crisis

As a remedy for the severe distortions to the overall economy caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the federal government has drafted a package of laws that provides for far-reaching temporary changes in civil…

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