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German Trade Secrets Act - appropriate confidentiality measures and meaningless non-disclosure clauses
The German Trade Secrets Act (Gesetz zum Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen, GeschGehG), which entered into force in April 2019, has triggered a discussion on the question of what is meant by…
An employee’s obligations when dealing with company data: extraordinary termination due to the deletion of data
Pursuant to the general rules for mandates, applied accordingly to employment relationships, an employee must deliver to his/her employer everything that he/she was given for the performance of…
Accelerating investments in infrastructure: German Bundestag takes action!
On 5 November 2020, the German Bundestag (Germany’s Parliament) passed the Act to Accelerate Investments in the Traffic Sector (briefly referred to as the “Investment Acceleration Act”, Bundestag…
Following the “Schrems II” decision of the European Court of Justice: on the permissibility of international data transfers
In its “Schrems II” landmark ruling (cf.…
COVID-19 still causes turmoil in competition (law)
It can be observed that current developments in the economy have different effects on competition (law) and market players. These developments are based mostly on specific state measures and concern…
Ordre public respected in the case of examination of witnesses without an interpreter
In cross-border business relationships, the parties are regularly interested in agreeing on provisions for potential disputes already at the time of the conclusion of the contract and in submitting…
European Parliament approves EU-Singapore FTA and EU-Singapore IPA
On 13 February 2019, the European Parliament approved the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) between the European Union and Singapore (both…
Does the ECJ slam the door in the face of intra-EU investment tribunals?
On 6 March 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) rendered its much-anticipated preliminary reference ruling on the conformity with EU law of arbitration clauses in…
Investment protection in EU-UK relations after Brexit
With the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU's internal market, the customs union and all of the EU's international agreements, a new chapter in Europe's legal, economic and political history has…
"ARC Digitisation Act" came into force today - important changes to the German Competition Act [Update]
Today, the German parliament passed the long-awaited 10th amendment to the German Competition Act (Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC)). The amendment mainly introduces major changes to…