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Poaching employees is part of free competition http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/intellectual-property-law-and-trademark-law/competition-law.html According to a ruling of the OLG Oldenburg (Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg), luring employees away from competitors does not constitute a…

Will and statutory compulsory portion http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/law-of-succession/last-will-and-testament.html The line of succession can be altered by means of a will or contract of inheritance. Going as far as divesting legal heirs of…

Settle business succession early on http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/company-law/business-succession.html The issue of business succession preys on the minds of the heads of many family-run businesses. Plans for succession ought to be made at…

BAG: Unauthorised private use of official computer may justify termination without notice http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/employment-law/employment-termination.html According to a ruling of the Bundesarbeitsgericht (German Federal Labour Court), unauthorised private use of an official…

Refusing overtime can justify dismissal http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/employment-law/employment-contract.html GRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors in Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and London – www.grprainer.com/en conclude: If an employee refuses…

OLG Düsseldorf: Advertising with distinction „test winner“ permissible http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/intellectual-property-law-and-trademark-law/advertising.html According to a judgment of the OLG Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf), a company is allowed to use the expression…

LAG Hessen: Successive fixed-term employment contracts do not automatically give rise to right to permanent position http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/employment-law/employment-contract.html According to a recent ruling of the Landesarbeitsgericht Hessen (Regional Labour Court of…

OLG Frankfurt: Permissibility of advertising long company tradition despite insolvency http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/intellectual-property-law-and-trademark-law/advertising.html Advertising many years of company tradition may be permissible and not anti-competitive despite a temporary state of insolvency. That…

BAG: Employees cannot frustrate delivery of notice of termination in bad faith http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/employment-law/employment-termination.html In the field of employment law, a notice of termination is considered to have been received if…

LAG Rheinland-Pfalz: Employer can designate place where work is to be performed http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/employment-law/employment-contract.html Owing to its authority to give directions, an employer is allowed to designate the place where work…

Study on inheritances: Three trillion euros to be passed on by 2024 http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/law-of-succession.html Around three trillion euros will be passed on in Germany between 2015 and 2024. That is the…

OLG Düsseldorf: Will drawn up prior to operation remains valid http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/law-of-succession/last-will-and-testament.html In its judgment of August 19, 2015, the OLG Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf) ruled that a will…

M&A transactions on the rise http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/ma.html M&A transactions are on the rise in Germany. According to a report published by Wirtschaftswoche, mergers and acquisitions have gone up by 5.9 per…

Effectiveness of a handwritten will http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/law-of-succession/last-will-and-testament.html In the absence of a will, the rules of intestate succession come into force. A handwritten will (http://www.grprainer.com/en/legal-advice/law-of-succession/last-will-and-testament.html)is only effective, however, if it meets…