10.09.2024

E-Commerce Action Plan: Germany’s Strategy…

On 6 September, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (“BMWK”)…

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20.08.2024

German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) conf…

A vote cast contrary to a voting commitment is valid, even if all share-holders …

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14.08.2024

Update on mandatory electronic invoices fo…

On 8.7.2024, the author published an article on the VAT obligation to issue elec…

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12.08.2024

Russian Supreme Court: Arbitrators from “U…

On 26 July 2024 the Russian Supreme Court decided on the enforcement and recogni…

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12.08.2024

All gone: retroactive withdrawal of the ma…

The retroactive and complete withdrawal of a non-competition compen-sation in th…

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12.08.2024

General meeting: ban on bringing devices s…

Shareholders may not generally be prohibited from merely carrying mobile phones …

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02.08.2024

The fight against corruption: in-troducing…

1. Introduction Since 18 June 2024, the "inadmissible representation of interes…

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18.07.2024

Ursula von der Leyen re-elected European U…

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected Commission President w…

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10.07.2024

The European Commission's Revised Market D…

Market definition permeates every competition law assessment. It is an essential…

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08.07.2024

Mandatory electronic invoices for services between domestic entrepreneurs from January 1st 2025

It is well known that electronic invoicing between domestic entrepreneurs will become mandatory from 1.1.2025 with transitional periods until 1.1.2028 at the latest. The Federal Ministry of Finance publish…

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26.06.2024

Draft bill on the modernization of the German arbitration law of the Federal Government of Germany

Today the Federal Government of Germany has presented a draft bill on the modernization of the German arbitration law [BMJ - Aktuelle Gesetzgebungsverfahren - Modernisierung des deutschen Schiedsverfahrens…

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31.05.2024

Silent whistleblowers? Effects of the Whistleblower Protection Act on confidentiality agreements

In addition to the much-publicised obligations, in particular the establishment of reporting channels, the new Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG) primarily contains rights for whistleblowers. They now …

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