At the latest since the launch of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, economic sanctions have been on everyone's lips. The concept is not new, however. Rather, it is a long-established instrument, ...

The recent tightening of the sanctions against Iran has further unsettled the German economy.

On 18 April 2023, the German Federal Ministry of Justice [Bundesministerium der Justiz, BMJ] published the key issues paper on the modernisation of German arbitration law.

Time and again internationally operating enterprises are endeavouring to find the optimal location for their IT servers.

The Düsseldorf Regional Court has ruled that, under certain circumstances, an insurance broker must accept being attributed with the unfair conduct of an advertising agency commissioned...

Due to an increased number of long-lasting Mutual Agreement Procedures not solved within an appropriate period of time yet, the need for a (mandatory and terminating) arbitration procedure in international double taxation cases becomes more and more obvious and relevant.

Despite an employee's previous employment with the same employer, an employment relationship with such employer can also be limited for a term of up to two years without material grounds if this prior employment lies more than three years in the past.

The spouse of an employee whose employment is to be terminated can be treated as the so-called authorised recipient if he/she shares a domestic home with the employee and there is nothing to oppose the assumption that the spouse is suited to pass on the notice of termination to the employee.

The OLG Frankfurt am Main has ordered an insurance broker to pay damages due to inadequate clarification of coverage exclusions in an accident insurance policy.

Ein aktueller Fall des Bundeskartellamts zeigt in besonderer Deutlichkeit, dass (kartellrechtliche) Compliance-Schulungen allein noch...

The German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) recently investigated a significant case involving so-called "Acqui-Hires."

Antitrust law currently entails innovations for e-commerce on an almost daily basis. Besides the advancing regulation of gatekeepers, the "rules of the game" of distribution-related antitrust law...

The constitutional complaint lodged by the Luxembourg Amazon Services Europe S.à r.l. against the high-profile decision of the Regional Court [Landgericht, LG] of Hanover of 22 July 2021 concerning an alleged violation ...

This is a tiresome topic for companies: the commercial agent leaving the company requests an extract of the books.

Oppenhoff setzt seinen Expansionskurs fort und eröffnet zum 1. Mai 2026 einen weiteren Standort in München.

The Federal Labour Court has recently affirmed the permissibility of age limits in shop agreements, pursuant to which the employment relationship ends with the expiry of the calendar month in which the employer reaches the statutory retirement age.

Everyone is currently talking about the implementation of the EU Working Conditions Directive in the German Act on Proof of Working Conditions Governing an Employment Relationship [Nachweisgesetz, NachwG].

The European Commission is consulting Member States on a crisis aid framework designed to support vulnerable economic sectors affected by the Middle East crisis.

The Higher Regional Court [Oberlandesgericht, OLG] of Karlsruhe has brought a sigh of relief to companies that have personal data hosted by an external service provider.

By judgement dated 20 September 2022 (docket No. C-793/19, C-794/19), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the German regulations on the preventative storage of location...