In July, the Federal Network Agency announced that its draft proposal for new transparency rules will be forwarded to the German parliament for approval soon.

In 2016 and until June 2017, Germany's Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") reviewed around 1,200 merger filings. A detailed review in Phase II proceedings has been initiated and/or concluded in 14 cases.

The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled in cases 1022/19 and 1125/19 on the appeal of two lawyers and the law firm Jones Day against the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court on the search and seizure of documents from an internal investigation.

Germany's federal government adopted the Fourth Bureaucracy Reduction Act (Bürokratieentlastungsgesetz – BEG IV) after the third reading in parliament on 26 September 2024, thus taking a key step towards the digitalisation of personnel management.

In a recent judgment on the exchange of information between competitors, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued several findings that, unfortunately, contribute to greater uncertainty and therefore to a growing antitrust risk for undertakings (C-298/22 - Banco BPN).

According to press reports, Berlin Regional Court (Landgericht Berlin) has declared the German word mark "Black Friday" to be revoked for more than 900 goods and services...

The German Regulation on Services Information Duties (DL-InfoV) entered into force on 17 May 2010, implementing the EU Services Regulation 20067123/EC (DL-RL) into German law.

Following the Council's approval of the revision of the EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR) on 5 November 2024, the legal act is now awaiting publication in the Official Journal and will introduce significant changes for the product compliance of construction products.

On 12 December 2024, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (the Ministry) presented a package of measures intended to boost the competitiveness of the German and European car industries, particularly in relation to their American and Chinese competitors.

The Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) (case no. XI ZR 111/23) has ruled that claims for information on banking fees agreed on and paid for in the past can in principle be assigned and that this applies...

In our briefing German energy transition: Potential for investors we gave a detailed overview of the opportunities and risks of the energy transition in Germany for domestic and foreign investors.

Once again, as in 2022 and 2023, the EU sanctions community received another sanctions package to unwrap just in time for the holiday season.

Exclusive sourcing agreements and non-compete obligations continue to play an important role in sales practice.

In our briefing German energy transition: Potential for investors we gave a detailed overview of the opportunities and risks of the energy transition in Germany for domestic and foreign investors.

In its decision of 12 November 2024 (case no. 9 AZR 13/24), the German Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht ‒ BAG) addressed a special provision in the Temporary Agency Work...

Nine months after EU Regulation 2023/1804 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (AFIR) came into force, the national rules in Germany are now also being modified. On 20 December 2024

In its 2016 Annual Economic Report, the German Federal Government announced that as part of the upcoming 9th amendment to the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (ARC), ...

The new Product Liability Directive "PLD") has passed the legislative process, was published in the Official Journal on 18 November 2024 and will enter into force on 8 December 2024 + 20 days...

Today, the German Federal Court of Justice ("FCJ") pronounced its landmark judgment in the "scraping" case and issued a press release on the decision.

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has dismissed the European Commission's appeal against Intel, bringing to a close a decade-long legal battle over the company's rebate practices in the market for microprocessors.