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Cannabis and licensing requirements

More extensive government regulation will be required upon the approval of cannabis for recreational use. How such control could be legally structured can be seen - albeit only in outline - in the…

Sporting sanctions against Russia – the legal perspective

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), which runs the Wimbledon tournament, and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) announced on 20th of April to ban Russian and Belarusian players from competing in…

+++Brand new Block Exemption Regulation for distribution agreements (VBER): Changes effective from 1 June 2022+++ New flexibility and and pitfalls for companies

On 10 May 2022, the new Block Exemption Regulation for Vertical Agreements (Reg. 720/2022 - VBER) was adopted). It regulates which restrictions of competition in vertical relationships are group…

Luther advises Gurit on the sale of aerospace business to Isovolta

In the context of the cross-border transaction, Gurit sold the aerospace business activities concentrated in its German subsidiary Gurit (Kassel) GmbH to the Austrian Isovolta Group. The signing of…

Luther advises Papenburg on sale of senior living project in Halle (Saale)

As part of the forward deal, Saalesparkasse is acquiring a building plot on Hallorenring in Halle an der Saale from GP Papenburg Hochbau GmbH with a size of 3,315 m² on which an energy-efficient…

Media & Entertainment

With the rapid pace of digitalisation, the media and entertainment industry has also been presented with new challenges in recent years. The convergence of media brings with it new formats, hybrid…

Neue Plattformen zur Beilegung von Handelsstreitigkeiten in China: die zwei internationalen Handelsgerichte in Shenzhen und Xi‘an (chin.)

05.10.2018 中国新的商事争端解决平台：深圳和西安的两个国际商事法庭今年年初，中国政府宣布将设立两个国际商事法庭，6月底，深圳第一国际商事法庭和西安第二国际商事法庭正式设立。这两个常设争端解决机构的设立是中国政府“一带一路”合作倡议框架下、促进中国与旧丝绸之路沿线的亚、非、欧70多个国家之间建立和扩大洲际贸易和基础设施的重要里程碑。这两个国际商事法庭将主要承担解决“一带一路”相关项目…