Kategorie: Politics Law Society

The coronavirus pandemic and employment law The coronavirus pandemic is turning employment law on its head. The protective measures – some of which are recommendations and others mandatory in nature…

LG Berlin: Reference must be made to GmbH”s legal form A company”s legal form as a GmbH is a key piece of information for consumers. Withholding information from advertisements about…

Illegal price rigging – Bundeskartellamt imposes fines totaling 154.6 million euros Germany”s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has imposed fines totaling around 154.6 million euros on seven pesticide wholesalers for…

BGH – Use of protected seal of approval only allowed in connection with licensing agreement The use of seals of approval that are protected trademarks is not permitted without corresponding…

Profits from trading cryptocurrency subject to tax Profits from the sale of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are subject to tax. That was the verdict of the Finanzgericht Berlin-Brandenburg in a…

ECJ – No trade in secondhand e-books without consent of the author Reselling secondhand e-books without the consent of the author is not allowed. That was the verdict of the…

Antitrust violation – Fines for steel producers Germany”s Bundeskartellamt has fined three steel producers and three people in positions of responsibility to the tune of some 646 million euros for…

GDPR violation – Telecom provider facing severe penalty Inadequate data protection measures can prove costly. Following a recent case involving a real estate business, a telecom provider is the latest…

NRW buys tax CD – Voluntary disclosure of tax evasion possible The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) once again purchased a tax CD at the end of November. The…

OLG Rostock: Unlawful advertising of fruit nectar as fruit juice Fruit nectar is not the same as fruit juice and therefore must not be promoted as such. The OLG Rostock…

GDPR violation – Record 14.5 million euro fine imposed GDPR violations can prove expensive, something which one real estate firm recently had to learn the hard way when it received…

EGC: Chinese scooter not in breach of competitor”s intellectual property rights A Chinese manufacturer of motor scooters is not in breach of an Italian competitor”s intellectual property rights. That was…

MTR Rechtsanwälte – Experience with post-contractual non-compete clauses for managing directors Post-contractual non-compete clauses between companies and managing directors need to be balanced in order to be effective. Post-contractual non-compete…

ECJ: Cookies require users” active consent The use of cookies on websites requires users” active consent. That was the verdict of the ECJ in a ruling from October 1, 2019…