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Video calls with doctors: some interesting facts to know about video consultations
A little more than a year ago, in March and April 2019, the German National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung – KBV) conducted a representative…
The German Federal Court of Justice has ruled on the dispute between the chocolate manufacturers Ritter Sport and Milka: Ritter Sport continues to be the only square chocolate
(BGH, Decisions of 23.07.2020, case nos. I ZB 42/19 and I ZB 43/19) The legal dispute between Ritter Sport and Milka, which spanned a period of ten years, has now been decided by the German Federal…
New registration and disclosure obligations for companies and branches in Croatia
The Croatian legislator has reformed the court register. Companies based in Croatia are obliged in future to have their email addresses entered into the court register. A further novelty is the…
The forgotten Brexit negotiations
Unfortunately, the seventh round of the Brexit negotiations relating to an EU-UK free trade agreement have failed to make any significant progress. The positions of the parties appear to have…
Corona pandemic - undesirable tax side effects
In Germany, around 814,000 people currently are employed in the automotive industry, which is around three percent less than in the same month of the previous year. Hildegard Müller, President of the…
ECJ overturns EU-U.S. privacy shield: regulatory authorities and companies comment on the ruling (overview)
Following the European Court of Justice’s decision to declare the EU-U.S. privacy shield invalid, companies and authorities must now examine on what basis personal data can be transferred to the USA.…
Evidentiary value of a “screenshot” in judicial proceedings
Each day, a large number of contracts are entered into on the internet. This is not done by delivering the offers, contractual documents, or general terms and conditions physically; instead, these…
M&A Day at the Sole24ore
On 9 September 2020, our Italian Team participated in the M&A Day at the Sole24ore in Milan. The event, organized by 4cLegal, saw the participation of some of the most important law firms…
Digital Services Act
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a regulatory initiative launched by the European Commission this year that is expected to have a significant impact on the legal framework for the digital economy in…
Is the carbon border tax coming?
When Ursula von der Leyen gave her first State of the European Union address at the European Parliament on 16 September 2020, not only the crisis caused by the coronavirus was in the centre of…