The German Ministry of Finance has published a final version of its decree on the minimum capital to be attributed to branch banks for tax purposes.

The finance ministry has published a slightly amended version of its draft decree of February 2004 on the minimum branch capital to be attributed to branches of foreign banks for tax purposes.

In the first appellate-level opinion interpreting the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held in Schuler v. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLC, that an employer’s denial of a promotion was not a "discriminatory compensation decision or other practice," within the meaning of the statute.

On 28 March 2014, China and Germany entered into a new double taxation agreement (DTA) and protocol (together referred to as 'the new DTA').