On 29 November 2024, the German Federal Cartel Office published the results of its merger control review of Microsoft Corporation's ("Microsoft") hiring of almost all of Inflection AI, Inc.'s...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a preliminary ruling decision on 28 November 2024 (C-293/23) considering the legal concept of a ‘self-consumption facility' within the meaning of section 3, no. 24a (or 24b) of the German Energy Industry Act.

On Wednesday, 5 November 2024, Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election. His return to the White House is likely to have far-reaching consequences for the US and world politics, but also for international trade law.

The Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) has published its updated Instructions for Applying the Temporary Employment Act (Fachliche Weisungen zum AÜG – FW AÜG) as of 15 October 2024.

Drafting "watertight" license agreements from the perspective of tax law presents challenges, especially where cross-border contractual relations are concerned.

On 27 November 2024, the German Federal Cabinet initiated the legislative process for the public procurement transformation package.

On Tuesday, 29 October 2024, the EU Commission concluded its anti-subsidy investigation into imports of battery electric vehicles ("electric cars") from China and introduced definitive countervailing duties for a period of five years through Implementing Regulation 2024/2754.

On 29 November 2024, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published its revised interpretation and application guidance (Guidance) on the German Anti-Money Laundering Act...

Germany's Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (the Ministry) is considering a new Remote-Controlled Vehicles Regulation (Straßenverkehr-Fernlenk-Verordnung – StVFernLV). In this article we consider the ministerial draft in the context of the current German regulatory framework and briefly examine the key provisions of the Remote-Controlled Vehicles Regulation.

On 16 December 2024, the Council of the European Union formally approved the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), following its adoption by the European Parliament on 24 April 2024.

Aus heutiger Sicht der europäischen Rüstungsindustrie zeigen sich neue Chancen: Die geopolitische Neufokussierung...

From today's standpoint within the European defence industry, fresh opportunities are beginning to surface. The United States' geopolitical shift towards the Chinese and Indo-Pacific regions is casting uncertainty...