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Big Bang in automotive distribution contracts? The order of the Higher Regional Court in Vienna dated May 2, 2020 on the invalidity of certain conditions and practices in the automotive industry under antitrust law
In a recent order analysed in more detail by the authors of this post here, the Higher Regional Court in Vienna (acting as the court of first instance in antitrust cases) ordered a general…
Cartel follow-on litigation: Dortmund court quantifies cartel damages without econometric analysis
Cartel agreements often last for a long period of time and can affect a large number of market players at different market levels. It is therefore not surprising that, after the announcement of a…
Over EUR 4 billion for the digitalisation of hospitals German Parliament passes Future of Hospitals Act (Krankenhauszukunftsgesetz–KHZG)
On 18 September 2020, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Future of Hospitals Act. Based on this Act, the German government will make EUR 3 billion available for investments to be…
Hearing fee without even “picking up the phone”?
Pursuant to preliminary remark 3(3) of the Schedule of Fees of the German Lawyers’ Fees Act (Vergütungsverzeichnis des Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetzes), a so-called “hearing fee” for a lawyer’s…
Hiring out employees as temporary workers: an alternative to short-time work?
The subject of short-time work has come to the fore again as the number of COVID-19 cases is once more on the increase. Hiring out employees as temporary workers for a limited period of time can be a…
Dawn raids: EU General Court partly annuls the Commission’s decision authorising a dawn raid at French supermarket chains
On 5 October 2020, the General Court of the European Union (“General Court”) declared that the decisions made by the European Commission (“Commission”) in 2017 authorising a dawn raid against three…
Holiday during shorter working hours
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many companies have given notice that staff will need to work shorter hours. What does this mean for holiday entitlement? Can this be shortened? What applies to…
Overtime during shorter working hours
In 2019, employees in Germany worked around 2 billion hours of overtime, almost 1 billion of them unpaid. A large part of the German economy is now being forced to work shorter hours. The need for…
Last but not least - the last mile
Particularly in view of the approaching second wave of the coronavirus and another lockdown, there is a renewed focus on innovations, such as how companies can make fast, safe and cheap deliveries to…
Digital legacy: traces of the deceased - How to enforce the right to access a deceased person’s user account
What happens to our data on the internet after we die? The majority of Germans would leave behind Facebook accounts and other social network accounts containing texts, photographs, videos and chat…