Transfer of shares from company to private hands not an acquisition
COLOGNE, Germany, 2021-Jan-07 — /EPR Network/ — If shares that were acquired prior to 2009 are transferred from company to private hands and later sold, [read full press release…]
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Obligation to file for insolvency only suspended in cases of over-indebtedness, not illiquidity
COLOGNE, Germany, 2021-Jan-04 — /EPR Network/ — There has been a limited extension until December 31, 2020 to the suspension of the obligation to file [read full press release…]
COVID-19 – Provider of business closure insurance must pay out
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Dec-10 — /EPR Network/ — The Landgericht (LG) München – the Regional Court of Munich – recently delivered a judgment requiring an insurance [read full press release…]
OLG Frankfurt on indication of origin for sparkling wine from Italy
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Oct-23 — /EPR Network/ — Sparkling wine whose second fermentation phase occurs in Spain can still be advertised as a product that comes [read full press release…]
Wirecard AG – Claims for damages against corporate bodies and auditors
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Oct-14 — /EPR Network/ — With Wirecard AG now insolvent, investors are potentially facing severe losses. Shareholders and investors in Wirecard bonds and [read full press release…]
Rocket Internet delists its shares – Shareholders facing huge losses
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Oct-09 — /EPR Network/ — Rocket Internet has decided to delist its shares, with the shareholders having approved the buyback offer at the [read full press release…]
Louis Lehot Talks About Successful Leadership & Beyond
Louis Lehot, the founder of L2 Counsel, P.C., talks about his seven habits to being a better leader, especially when everyone is remote and distributed. [read full press release…]
Criminal tax law continues to apply to requests for tax deferral during the coronavirus crisis
KöLN, Germany, 2020-Aug-06 — /EPR Network/ — Tax evasion is constituted by sharing inaccurate or incomplete information with the authorities. This also holds true during [read full press release…]
IP Law – Protection of intellectual property and intangible assets
KöLN, Germany, 2020-Aug-03 — /EPR Network/ — Intellectual property is just as worth protecting as tangible assets. IP law covers the protection of rights pertaining [read full press release…]
Changes to German stock corporation law due to COVID-19 – Virtual general meetings
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Jun-04 — /EPR Network/ — The impact of the coronavirus pandemic extends to German stock corporation law. To ensure that businesses remain capable [read full press release…]
COVID-19 – Bundestag gives green light to multi-billion-euro aid package
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-May-06 — /EPR Network/ — On March 25, 2020, Germany”s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, approved a multi-billion-euro aid package to manage [read full press release…]
COVID-19 – Employers can apply for permission to reduce working hours to get through the crisis
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Apr-27 — /EPR Network/ — Businesses can introduce short-time work as a means of weathering economic hardship caused by the coronavirus crisis. Germany”s [read full press release…]
BGH – Use of protected seal of approval only allowed in connection with licensing agreement
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Mar-10 — /EPR Network/ — The use of seals of approval that are protected trademarks is not permitted without corresponding licensing agreements. That [read full press release…]
Carmakers given antitrust fine – Anticompetitive arrangements relating to steel procurement
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Feb-25 — /EPR Network/ — Germany”s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has imposed fines totaling approx. 100 million euros on three car manufacturers [read full press release…]
ECJ – No trade in secondhand e-books without consent of the author
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Feb-21 — /EPR Network/ — Reselling secondhand e-books without the consent of the author is not allowed. That was the verdict of the [read full press release…]
Antitrust violation – Fines for steel producers
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Feb-11 — /EPR Network/ — Germany”s Bundeskartellamt has fined three steel producers and three people in positions of responsibility to the tune of [read full press release…]
GDPR violation – Telecom provider facing severe penalty
COLOGNE, Germany, 2020-Feb-01 — /EPR Network/ — Inadequate data protection measures can prove costly. Following a recent case involving a real estate business, a telecom [read full press release…]
OLG Celle: Plant-based product can be designated as alternative to cheese
COLOGNE, Germany, 2019-Oct-02 — /EPR Network/ — A purely plant-based product can be promoted as an alternative to cheese. The Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Celle, the Higher [read full press release…]
CJEU: Sampling permissible within narrow parameters
COLOGNE, Germany, 2019-Sep-17 — /EPR Network/ — The courts have been grappling for years with the extent to which sampling pieces of music breaches copyright. [read full press release…]
BAG: Notice of collective dismissal and effective termination
COLOGNE, Germany, 2019-Sep-16 — /EPR Network/ — In the case of mass dismissals, an employer is allowed to go ahead and sign termination notices before [read full press release…]
