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Microsoft Exchange – should affected companies report to the regulatory authorities as late as now?
A huge Microsoft Exchange data breach went viral in early March 2020. After Microsoft had been aware already for two months of the four vulnerabilities in the programme through which hackers were…
Five questions – five answers: The moratorium on Greensill Bank AG and its consequences for depositors
On 3 March 2021, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – “BaFin”) imposed a moratorium on Greensill Bank AG. What does this mean for…
EEG 2021 – greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050?
On 3 March 2021, Luther and the auditing firm Ebner Stolz together held the “10th Leipzig EEG Day”, an event that is now established throughout Germany. More than 300 company representatives attended…
“Medical Technology Market Study” - Luther accompanies digital change in the health care industry
On 9 March 2021, Luther actively participated in an event organised by “Brancheninitiative Gesundheitswirtschaft Südwestfalen e.V.” (an association and network uniting businesses and institutions…
Risk of regulatory fines in emissions trading: German Emissions Trading Authority’s sanctioning practice fails in court
The attempt by the German Emissions Trading Authority at the Federal Environment Agency (Deutsche Emissionshandelsstelle im Umweltbundesamt – DEHSt) (hereinafter simply referred to as the “German…
Excessive substantiation requirements constitute a violation of the right to be heard in court
In civil law court proceedings, the principle of production of evidence applies. According to this principle, all facts that are relevant to the decision must be introduced into the proceedings by…
Recent CJEU ruling: Time spent on stand-by can be counted as working time
Under German working time law, periods of stand-by during which no actual work is performed do not constitute working time, but are in principle included in the rest period which is not subject to…
Influencer marketing 2021 and the identification requirements
Influencer marketing is very much in vogue. In a recent study carried out by the German Association for the Digital Economy (Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft – BVDW) in March 2020, one in five…
NFTs – What are they? And if so, how many?
What do Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, the American professional basketball league NBA, the band Kings of Leon and the digital artist Beeple have in common? NFTs or non-fungible tokens. These still…
Draft bill restricting the practice of using fixed-term employment contracts without an objective reason
To this end, the maximum duration of fixed-term employment contracts entered into without an objective reason is to be reduced from currently 24 months to only 18 months in the future, and only one…