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COVID-19 – Employers can apply for permission to reduce working hours to get through the crisis

Businesses can introduce short-time work as a means of weathering economic hardship caused by the coronavirus crisis. Germany"s federal government has therefore moved to relax the conditions for applying for short-time allowance. With supply ...

Avoiding insolvency during the coronavirus crisis

Businesses whose existence is threatened by the crisis surrounding the coronavirus are to be lent a helping hand. Germany"s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, has legislated for the suspension of the obligation to file for insolvency. ...

Antitrust & Competition Law: Medical practice that does not admit inpatients is not a Klinik

A medical practice that does not provide overnight accommodation for patients is not a Klinik and is not allowed to style itself as such. That was the verdict of the Landgericht (LG) Hamburg in a ruling from November 15, 2019 (Az. 315 O 472/18). ...

ECJ – No trade in secondhand e-books without consent of the author

Reselling secondhand e-books without the consent of the author is not allowed. That was the verdict of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in a judgment from December 19, 2019 (Az.: C-263/18). The ruling by the ECJ significantly strengthens the ...

NRW buys tax CD – Voluntary disclosure of tax evasion possible

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) once again purchased a tax CD at the end of November. The storage medium in question is supposed to contain information on tax evasion. It is still possible to submit a voluntary declaration for tax ...

Business Solicitors – Reasons Your Business Might Need Them

Regardless of whether you are the CEO of a worldwide organization or an individual simply beginning as a consultant, sooner or later you are probably going to require business specialists. So what are they? In spite of the fact that there are ...

Work Law Solicitors – The Only 10 Things You Need to Know

On the off chance that you've been engaged with a debate at work, maybe with an associate, your chief or a representative, at that point might be you've considered making legitimate move, and are looking for the guidance of a business law ...

OLG Stuttgart affirms protection of collective trademarks featuring designations of origin

While it is not possible to completely shut out other market participants from indications of origin, a trademark"s reputation must not be unduly exploited according to the Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Stuttgart, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart. ...

GDPR violation – Record 14.5 million euro fine imposed

GDPR violations can prove expensive, something which one real estate firm recently had to learn the hard way when it received a fine to the tune of 14.5 million euros. The EU General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR for short - is supposed to ...

OLG Hamm: Advertising must include all information that is material to consumers

Consumers must not be deprived of information material to their decision whether or not to make a purchase. This constitutes a breach of competition law, as demonstrated by a ruling of the Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Hamm, the Higher Regional Court of ...

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