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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27.05.2024

Infringement of Shareholders' Attendance Rights

Schleswig Higher Regional Court (OLG), judgment of 07 February 2024 – 9 U 41/23 The right of shareholders to attend the annual general meeting (AGM) of a stock corporation is a fundamental and generally a…

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24.05.2024

EU Supply Chain Act finalized - relevant for companies worldwide

It did indeed take quite a while. And there was indeed a lot of back and forth. But now, it is final and binding: Today, the European Council gave its final green light for the so-called EU Corporate Sust…

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16.05.2024

Liability of Managing Director Despite Formal Approval of Past Actions?

Brandenburg Higher Regional Court, judgment of 24 January 2024 – 7 U 2/23 A managing director is personally liable to the company if the director negligently or wilfully violates their responsibilities, r…

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10.05.2024

Boycotting the Supervisory Board by Permanent Absence? – Federal Court of Justice Rejects Appointment by Court

The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) takes the stance that a supervisory board member boycotting the board by repeatedly being absent does not give rise to the right to have an additional member appoi…

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06.05.2024

EU Company Certificate Is On Its Way

The EU plans to introduce a European Company Certificate to make company information available EU-wide in a standardised form. It aims at facilitating cross-border activities while avoiding costs for trans…

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02.05.2024

Update AI Act - the ten most important questions for users of AI systems

After the political agreement on the AI Act was effectively announced in the media in December 2023, the now provisionally final version was adopted on 13 March 2024. The AI Act was approved by the Europea…

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26.04.2024

Solar I Package - Further Improvements for Solar Power Systems

We’ve reported on the principal changes to the Solar I Package with respect to decentralised energy supply. But the Package also deregulates certain aspects and contains numerous incentives to encourage th…

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26.04.2024

Solar I Package - Strong Support for Decentralised Energy Supply for Buildings!

Following tough negotiations, the German Federal Government adopted the long-awaited Solar Package. The bill was presented in August 2023 and gave stakeholders hope that deregulation would facilitate photo…

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09.04.2024

Artificial intelligence: what is more important than the AI Act?

The EU recently passed the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) with much fanfare. The Act is a milestone (see our blog post for more details). It is really relevant for providers and deployers of AI…

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