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Johan Schlüter Law Firm

HOEJBRO PLADS 10, 1200 KØBENHAVN K
Tel:
Work +45 32 71 20 00
Fax:
Fax +45 32 71 21 00
Web:
www.jslaw.dk
Email:
Copenhagen, Aarhus

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Denmark

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, Johan Schlüter Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Johan Schlüter Law Firm’s dispute resolution group supports its leading IP, media and entertainment practice. Henrik Christup and Allan Lund Christensen are central figures.

Information technology

Within Information technology, Johan Schlüter Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Johan Schlüter Law Firm’s internet law practice focuses on IP rights and anti-piracy. Jakob Plesner Matthiesen arbitrates dotcom cases and domain name disputes.

Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property, Johan Schlüter Law Firm is a second tier firm,

Johan Schlüter of Johan Schlüter Law Firm has an excellent reputation in trade marks and copyright law. The firm represents collecting societies and rights owners, and has particular focus on anti-piracy work. Annemette Ellermann heads the trade mark department and Peter Schønning handles copyright matters.

Media and entertainment

Within Media and entertainment, Johan Schlüter Law Firm is a first tier firm,

At Johan Schlüter Law Firm, Johan Schlüter handles entertainment work and Lars Hallgreen specialises in sports law. The firm offers expertise in television, radio, music, publishing and distribution with particular strength in anti-piracy work. Katrine Schierbeck specialises in media and film financing. Peter Schønning advises media associations and collecting societies.

Within Media and entertainment, Johan Schlüter Law Firm is a first tier firm,

Peter Lambert, Henrik Schütze and Steen Lassen at Lassen Ricard have an excellent reputation in media and broadcasting law, advising longstanding clients Sony Music, Warner Music, and the BBC. The firm represented DR in Denmark’s first case concerning public performance rights for digital audio broadcast radio. It advised the Union of Broadcasting Organisations in Denmark (UBOD) and the collecting societies regarding a contract with cable operators for interactive services including on-demand TV.

Tax

Within Tax, tier 4

At Johan Schlüter Law Firm, tax expert Jørn Qviste supports the firm’s IP and media practices.

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Legal Developments in Denmark

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  • Lifting of water Law 54

    Nærværende faglige nyhed omhandler ophævelse af vandforsyningslovens § 54. Ændringen er indført for at sikre større hensyn til forsyningssikkerheden og naturen, men får stor betydning for vandforsyningsselskaber, der med lovændringen har mistet deres fortrinsstilling til betaling i forbindelse med tvangsauktioner og konkurs.
    - DELACOUR

  • Employers’ age discrimination of under-18s legal

    On 30 June 2010, the Danish Eastern High Court established that the provisions and the practice on a number of areas covered by collective agreements, supporting a lower pay for employees under 18 years and termination of the employees when they turn 18, cannot be deemed to constitute a violation of the Employment Equality Directive (Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000).
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Danish Holiday Act amended

    The Danish Ministry of Employment wants to stop employees speculating in having their holiday pay paid out. This has resulted in an amendment of the Danish Holiday Act.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • ”Honey” was not sexual harassment

    Close physical contact and calling an employee “honey" was not enough to prove that a manager had sexually harassed an employee.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Doubt about how to interpret part-time leave agreement

    The Danish Board of Equal Treatment was not satisfied that an employer’s interpretation of an agreement about part-time leave was in breach of the Danish Act on Equal Treatment of Men and Women.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Part-time and fixed-term employment in the EU

    Three provisions of Austrian law about part-time and fixed-term employment met with opposition at the European Court of Justice – they were held to be at odds with EU law.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Public-sector managers, too, are entitled to freedom of speech

    The Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman has established once again that public-sector employees enjoy a high degree of freedom of speech.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • The Danish Posting of Workers Act amended

    Stricter duty to notify when posting employees to Denmark – new Act adopted.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Retention of football players

    It is not a barrier to the free movement of labour for sports clubs to require players they have trained to sign their first professional contract with the club.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris

  • Maximum compensation under the Danish Statement of Employment Particulars Act

    The Copenhagen City Court recently awarded a woman 20 weeks’ pay: her employer never issued a statement of particulars although she had asked for one.
    - Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris
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