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In its cabinet session on 14 April 2016, the German government adopted a bill on combating corruption in the healthcare sector.

When German companies transfer personal data to companies outside the EU then they have to fulfill the stringent requirements of the Federal Data Protection Act.

Schlun & Elseven Rechtsanwälte PartG is a German law firm active worldwide in the service of our global clients. Our team of German extradition lawyers are here to support you in all matters of extradition law and Interpol notice removal.

As of 1 July 2017 new rules under the Criminal Code (StGB) and Criminal Procedural Order (StPO) shall enter into force to regulate the recovery of criminal proceeds.

German criminal law differentiates between bribery in commercial practice (section 299 GCC) and bribery in connection with public officials (sections 331 ff. GCC).

German criminal law differentiates between bribery in commercial practice (section 299 GCC) and bribery in connection with public officials (sections 331 ff. GCC).

On 29 April 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published an opinion on new types of payment fraud and possible mitigants, addressed to the EU co-legislators and the EU Commission (the Opinion).

Art. 20 (1) TFEU stipulates that all EU Member State nationals also possess European Union citizenship.

This decision is interesting in that it uses the concept of the "notional business person", as it was introduced in T 1463/11, to assess whether a given difference over the prior art achieves a...

Whistleblowing has never been more attractive in Germany. On March 15, 2006, the Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") published new guidelines for immunity and leniency in cartel matters ("2006 Guidelines"). The 2006 Guidelines amend and restate the conditions under which the FCO grants immunity (no imposition of fines) or extends leniency (reduction of fines), provided cartel members admit their involvement in the conduct at issue and cooperate with the agency’s investigation.

Criminal tax matters were the main focus for the German Public Prosecution Offices in 2024. Large-scale criminal investigation proceedings were launched...

Germany started 2025 with rising enforcement risk as authorities intensified their efforts to combat financial crime.

Germany is poised to fundamentally transform its corporate liability regime by quadrupling maximum fines and, for the first time, codifying statutory sentencing criteria that expressly recognize internal investigations and compliance measures as mandatory mitigating factors. The reforms, embedded within an EU environmental directive implementation, will apply across all corporate offenses and establish clear legal requirements for how companies must respond to suspected misconduct.

The Financial Action Task Force is the organisation that sets global standards (Recommendations) to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism as well as financial crime generally.

"Infostealers" have transformed from niche threats into the backbone of modern cybercrime, fueling a $4.88 million average breach cost in 2024. In this article we synthesize the latest threat intelligence...

In a current decision (BGH 5 StR 394/08) the Federal Supreme Court ("Bundesgerichtshof", "BGH") has taken a stance regarding a compliance officer’s responsibility within a company.

This article is the first of a series on accounting fraud and follows on from a previous article, "The current economic climate - a golden age for fraud?", where we explained why challenging economic environments...

In its cabinet session on 21 January 2015, the German government adopted the draft bill on combating corruption of the Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection.