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The “Steward-owned Company” – from idea to draft-bill

In mid-June 2020, an academic working group presented a “Draft Bill for a Steward-owned Limited Liability Company”. The purpose of the draft is to create a new…

29.06.2020

Corporate/M&A

Restructuring Post-coronavirus under Pre-coronavirus conditions?

25.06.2020

Automotive | Mobility & Logistics

Today, in its decision the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed in summary proceedings that the extensive collection and use of data by Facebook across multiple services could constitute an abuse of a dominant market position (case no. KVR 69/19)

23.06.2020

Antitrust Law

Subsidiarity of party examination according to section 448 of the German Code of Civil Procedure

The decision of the Federal Court of Justice of 12 December 2019 (III ZR 198/18) moves the ex officio examination of parties back into the procedural focus …

19.06.2020

Complex Disputes

Update on the EEG levy: federal government's economic stimulus package and simplification of application procedure to make use of the Special Equalisation Scheme

On 3 June 2020, the coalition committee of the German Federal Government agreed on a corona-based economic stimulus package worth billions of euros. Around 30,000…

15.06.2020

Environment & Planning Law, Regulatory

Overcoming the crisis in the automotive sector: The Bundeskartellamt temporarily tolerates certain forms of cooperation during the restart of production and restructuring

On 9th of June 2020, the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) released one of its rare so-called chairman`s letters (Vorsitzendenschreiben) to the German…

10.06.2020

Automotive | Antitrust Law

Short-time work and termination for operational reasons

08.06.2020

Employment Law

Act to ensure proper planning and licensing procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic: a step towards the digitisation of public administration

08.06.2020

Environment & Planning Law, Regulatory

Klimaklage Urgenda gegen Niederlande

01.06.2020

Environment & Planning Law, Regulatory