28.05.2020

Cross-sector supply chain due diligence obligations underway

As described in our newsletter "Corona versus CSR" in April, plans for a German supply chain law are currently on hold until the second round of monitoring of the National Action Plan on Business and Human…

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28.05.2020

Update: Entry into force of the Medical Need Health Care Assurance Regulation ("MedBVSV") of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)

The Health Care Assurance Regulation MedBVSV which was announced on 14 April 2020 (please also see our post dated 17 April 2020) entered into force on 27 May 2020 (LINK to MedBVSV). The Regulation…

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17.05.2020

Commercial Lease Law: Dispute about Rent Payments in Times of Corona

1. Initial situation In response to the corona crisis, all German state governments took measures to slow down the spread of the new corona virus, mainly in March 2020 on the basis of the Infection…

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17.05.2020

Back to the Future - Returning from the Corona Lockdown

What have the last weeks and months really been bringing about since the beginning of the corona pandemic?  For me personally, more home office, lunch breaks without canteen, hardly any court hearings,…

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17.05.2020

Second Act for the Protection of the Population in the Event of an Epidemic Situation of National Significance

Subsequent to the "Act for the Protection of the Population in the Event of an Epidemic Situation of National Significance" dated 25 March 2020 (see our blog post dated 30 March 2020), the German…

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13.05.2020

Distressed M&A in Germany

Insolvencies in Germany were at a record low in 2019 and insolvency administrators were feeling underworked. And along came a virus that changed economic reality in a heartbeat. Whilst the German…

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12.05.2020

State rescue package for start-ups implemented as two-pillar model

Following the announcement of further aid measures at the beginning of April and the decision on the Matching Fund at the beginning of May, additional details are now available. The so-called Corona…

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10.05.2020

Update: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs Presents Amendments to German Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance with Supplements to the Health Sector

As already reported, a draft law on tighter controls on investments from non-EU countries has been submitted to the German Parliament (Bundestag), and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and…

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07.05.2020

Decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court: Constitutional Complaints against PSPP

The Federal Constitutional Court had to rule on constitutional complaints against the Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP). The result can be summarised as follows: In the opinion of the Court, the ECB…

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07.05.2020

Short-Time Working in Non-Profit Organisations - Impact on Non-Profit Status

In the case of non-profit organisations, a number of questions arise in connection with short-time work allowance. In addition to the economic and labour law aspects, the preservation of non-profit status…

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07.05.2020

Update: Extension of the Period of the Retrospective period for Restructuring Measures in the German Reorganization Tax Act (UmwStG)

We have reported that the law for the Mitigation of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Proceedings Law of 27 March 2020 ("COVID-19 Law") extended the commercial law…

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07.05.2020

Employment of Foreign Skilled Workers in Times of Corona

It was not until 1 March 2020 that the new German Immigration Act for Skilled Workers came into force, which was intended to expand and in some cases facilitate access to the labour market in Germany for…

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