By judgement dated 24 October 2011 (docket no. KZR 7/10), the Antitrust Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice upheld the validity of the termination of the independent press wholesaler Heinz-Ulrich Grade KG by the Bauer Media Group.

The EU has fundamentally reformed the rules of antitrust law regarding distribution: After a heated debate, the new Block Exemption Regulation (Vertical-BER) entered...

Die Einführung von Vergütungsstrukturen mit Gehaltsbändern oder das Nachjustieren bereits vorhandener Gehaltsbänder gestaltet sich häufig komplexer als zunächst angenommen.

The dangers in the area of cybercrime have been steadily increasing for years. The risks range from data theft and espionage to IT failures and production stoppages.

Mit dem am 30. März 2026 verkündeten BRUBEG hat der deutsche Gesetzgeber nicht nur das „EU-Bankenpaket“ umgesetzt, sondern auch die Befugnisse der Versicherungs- und Finanzaufsicht...

With the RESourceEU Action Plan, the European Commission is providing a key industrial policy impetus to secure critical raw materials in Europe.

Die Europäische Kommission hatte Anfang 2024 gegen mehrere Reifenhersteller unangekündigte Durchsuchungen wegen des Verdachts kartellrechtswidriger Absprachen durchgeführt...

In early 2024, the European Commission conducted unannounced searches of several tyre manufacturers on suspicion of cartel agreements, basing its initial suspicion largely on publicly available information – in particular transcripts of analyst calls, press releases and presentations.

Unfortunately, it is becoming more and more commonplace for grid operators to receive a large number of grid connection requests from wind and solar projects.

Im Koalitionsvertrag finden wir an erster Stelle das Bekenntnis zur Nato – gut so, aber weder neu noch überraschend.

With the Banking Directive Implementation and Bureaucracy Reduction Act (‘BRUBEG'), announced on 30 March 2026, German legislature has not only implemented the ‘EU Banking Package' ...

In view of the constantly growing variety of games and tournaments in e-sports, the number of new e-sports players is also increasing rapidly. Each e-sports player has their own specific idea...

Professional e-sports players are usually employees - but what protection do they have? Do forms of ordinary and extraordinary dismissals also exist in e-sports? What rules apply here?

The first two sentences of the draft act amending the energy price brakes published on 5 April 2023 already indicate that this is unlikely to be the last amendment to the Gas and Heat Price Brake Act...

Der Koalitionsvertrag von CDU, CSU und SPD sieht vor, die EU-Entgelttransparenzrichtlinie (ETRL) „bürokratiearm" bis zum 7. Juni 2026 in deutsches Recht umzusetzen.

Die Stellenarchitektur, engl. Job Architecture, ist die Basis vieler Bereiche des Personalwesens. Im Besonderen ist sie die Basis der Entgeltsystematik.

Job architecture is the basis for many areas of human resources. In particular, it provides the basis for the remuneration system.

Pandemics, wars and climate change lead to supply bottlenecks and shortages of raw materials. This also raises many legal questions regarding the drafting of contracts...

On both 14 and 29 September 2022, the Federal Cabinet passed a multitude of bills to combat the energy crisis and thus set them on their way through parliament.

Minor children and their parents need to be aware of various restrictions and hurdles when carrying out legal transactions. These are intended to protect minors from legal transactions....