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On 25 January 2024, the state parliament of Brandenburg decided to introduce a mandatory special charge for open space photovoltaic systems to be applicable from 2025.

On October 15, 2021, amendments to the Election Regulations for the Implementation of the Works Constitution Act (Wahlordnung or WO) went into effect.

The decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court relate to the involvement of the respondent in preliminary injunction proceedings.

With its decision dated June 3, 2020, the German Federal Constitutional Court confirms and consolidates its previous case law, according to which the procedural right to equality of arms – which is equivalent to a fundamental right –

In dem Beschluss vom 3. Juni 2020 festigt und vertieft das Bundesverfassungsgericht seine bisherige Rechtsprechung, wonach das grundrechtsgleiche Recht auf prozessuale Waffengleichheit verletzt wird, ...

Die Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts betreffen die Beteiligung des Antragsgegners im einstweiligen Verfügungsverfahren. Danach verletzt der Erlass einer einstweiligen ...

The German Supreme Court ruled that U.S. companies with its management centre in Germany have legal capacity. The new ruling has a fundamental impact on corporate and tax law and may achieve avoidance of German co-determination.

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After publication of this news release, Volkswagen responded to earlier questions from Human Rights Watch ...

The Diesel-gate scandal has now affected attorney-client privilege in Germany. Several German courts approved a search of international law firm Jones Day's premises in Germany

A "company practice"—defined as consecutive actions by an employer leading an employee to conclude eventually that this practice will continue for the duration of the employment relationship—may subsequently turn into a legal claim by the employee since the practice has, by implication, become part of the individual’s employment agreement.

With a recent decision (judgment of 29.6.2022, case no. IV ZR 110/21) the German Federal Court of Justice has clarified the requirements for the application of foreign law to a succession...

The German Federal Court of Justice has delivered a landmark ruling on climate litigation, rejecting civil claims that sought to compel major automakers to phase out combustion engines ahead of legislative timelines.

The German Ministry of Finance published a Draft bill (Referententwurf) on the further implementation of the EU Prospectus Ordinance and on the amendment of financial market laws.

Two analysts from Stepwise's Global Strategic Engagement Team debate whether German Chancellor Friedrich Merz can survive the political fallout from the CDU's historic regional election losses in September, or if mounting party pressure will force his resignation. Ian Cameron argues Merz will cling to power despite weakened authority, while Thomas Goldstein contends his chancellorship appears terminal.

Standardised technology is nothing new nor is the tension between the need to comply with a standard in order to operate on a market and the need for a patentee to recoup...

Everyone wants it. Everyone claims it. But in practice, are sustainability criteria actually met?