Last year, by judgement dated 28 September 2021 (16 KLs 406 Js 59398/16 inter alia), the Regional Court [Landgericht, LG] of Braunschweig acquitted four high-ranking managers...

Der Bundestag hat (endlich) das Zweite Betriebsrentenstärkungsgesetz (BRSG II) verabschiedet. Das BRSG II intendiert eine notwendige Verbreiterung...

Am 23. Oktober 2025 hat das BAG in einem Verfahren Neuland betreten, in dem es um Entgeltdifferenzansprüche einer Arbeitnehmerin wegen Geschlechtsdiskriminierung ging.

At the end of June, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection ("Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz", BMWK) declared the ...

Every year, assets totalling billions of euros are transferred to the next generation in Germany. This mostly happens by inheriting.

In packaging law, both European and national legislators are clearly picking up the pace. The obligation to offer reusable packaging comes into effect on 01 January 2023.

As already announced, our series of articles on e-sports and gaming starts this week. In this connection, we will be answering legal questions from the areas of competition, corporate, data protection and labour law.

Art can increasingly also be found as a (structural) element of the usage of buildings.

Algorithms and AI have become indispensable in the corporate world. Digital compliance is also becoming increasingly important. We understand this term to mean software-based compliance...

Questions concerning the expiry and time-barring of holiday claims have been the subject of labour court disputes since time immemorial.

Billions are generated in the online gaming market: the majority of the revenue of publishers and distributors of video games such as Tencent or Nintendo is generated...

In its judgement of 8 May 2025 (ECJ, judgement of 8 May 2025, C-581/23), the European Court of Justice specified key requirements for the admissibility under antitrust law of sales bans in the context...

The EU Commission adopted another package of sanctions on 21 July 2022. The measures include new import bans, expanded restrictions on the export of certain sensitive technologies...

Der Europäische Gerichtshof hat mit Urteil vom 8. Mai 2025 (EuGH, Urt. v. 8.5.2025, C-581/23) wesentliche Anforderungen an die kartellrechtliche Zulässigkeit von Verkaufsverboten im Rahmen...

No-poach agreements have come under scrutiny by the antitrust authorities: For the first time, the European Commission has imposed fines for cartel agreements in the labour market.

As in an earlier article in our series on the metaverse, we are addressing the topic of the distribution of digital products. In this context, the question that inevitably arises is whether...

The data protection commissioner’s office of the German federal state of Schleswig Holstein (Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz, "ULD") called on all institutions located in Schleswig Holstein.

According to the current draft of the German Annual Tax Act 2022 [Jahressteuergesetz 2022, JStG 2022], which will apply from 01 January 2023, the regulations on the valuation of gifts...

The current conflict in Iran is increasingly becoming a global economic risk, with immediate economic consequences for all companies involved along the supply chain.

Der aktuelle Konflikt im Iran entwickelt sich zunehmend zu einem globalen Wirtschaftsrisiko, mit unmittelbaren wirtschaftlichen Folgen für alle involvierten Unternehmen entlang der Lieferkette.