13.01.2026

Milestone: EU-Mercosur Agreement

After more than two decades of negotiations, the Council of the European Union c…

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09.01.2026

Cum/Cum-Deals: BaFin responds to criminal tax risks with new query

The reassessment of Cum/Cum structures under German criminal law following the d…

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08.01.2026

The distributor’s indemnity claim under German law: What can manufacturers do to avoid such a claim? And what can distributors do to generate it?

Distributors may be able to assert an indemnity claim at the end of the contract…

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12.12.2025

Tax evasion: North Rhine-Westphalia purchases one terabyte of data from offshore tax havens

The State Office for Combating Financial Crime of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landes…

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04.12.2025

Overriding of Arbitration/Choice of Court Agreements in Russia – Procedural Solutions and Potential Impediments

Executive Summary (German) Die Verletzung von Schieds- und Gerichtsstandsverein…

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27.11.2025

China's New Era of Electronic Seals: What You Need to Know

China launched new “Measures for the Administration of Electronic Seals” (effect…

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18.11.2025

Federal Court of Justice on the international jurisdiction of German courts in connection with the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU

On 7 October 2025, the Federal Court of Justice ("BGH") decided in case II ZR 11…

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12.11.2025

Opportunities for energy transition through the Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Act (KSpTG-E)

The legislative procedure for the KSpTG-E is approaching its end. We had alread…

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11.11.2025

Back to basics: How companies and managers should approach sustainability

Many people are currently asking themselves: How should companies and their mana…

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23.10.2025

China: New Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Measures

Network data processors in China are legally required to report cybersecurity in…

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15.10.2025

Update of German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG): (Very) good implementation by the companies, upcoming facilitations and continuing compliance obligations

The German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (Bundesamt für…

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13.10.2025

No Indemnity Claim for Distributors? News on the (In)Effectiveness of Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Clauses in Distribution Agreements

Under certain conditions, German law provides that the distributor has a claim f…

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