Germany

The National Law Review covers legal matters in Germany authored by lawyers, tax consultants and notaries in various locations including Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Hamburg. Business law issues addressed include:   mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, data privacy, employment and national and international dispute resolution practices. Specific sectors focused on include: finance, capital markets, private equity, technology, venture capital, real estate, restructuring, commercial, and regulatory compliance matters.

We also include legal news coverage specific to the following industries: automotive, biotechnology, chemical, commodities, engineering, pharmaceutical, employment, nanotechnology, information technology, renewable energy, media, software, outsourcing, telecommunications and many more.

The NLR covers legal news concerning:

  • the German Supreme Court;
  • the German Labor Court;
  • the German Bankruptcy authority;
  • the German Antitrust Authority;
  • CFIUS Filings;
  • the German Ministry for Economy;
  • German BaFin;
  • MiFID2;
  • the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research;
  • the German Data Protection Supervisory Authorities (DPAs);
  • the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the interaction between German law and E.U., U.S. and other jurisdictions legal systems.
Custom text Title Organization
Nov
7
2023
11th Amendment to the German Competition Act (GWB): New Powers of Interention for the Bundeskartellamt Creating New Challenges for Companies K&L Gates
Oct
31
2023
Two Significant AI Announcements: Spooky for AI Developers? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
26
2023
Draft Growth Opportunities Act: 6 Percent Special Depreciation for New Residential Construction Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
26
2023
Court Rules Taxpayer Can Offset Foreign Tax Credits With NIIT Liability Under Tax Treaty McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
20
2023
Decision of the German Court Causes Waves For Investors but is Welcomed by Creditors of Insolvent Companies Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
20
2023
ECHA Publishes Proposal to Restrict More Than 10,000 PFAS under REACH Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Oct
17
2023
Default Wages: Just a Blunt Sword in the Dismissal Protection Process? McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
17
2023
ELTIF 2.0 – An Alternative to Open-Ended Real Estate Mutual Funds? McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
21
2023
Germany Leads The Way With Proposed Legislation Regulating Crypto-Assets Safekeeping That Will Provide Insolvency Protection Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
21
2023
Global Regulatory Update for September 2023 Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Aug
28
2023
Germany’s New Whistleblower Protection Act: What Employers Need to Know Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jul
17
2023
German Whistleblower Protection Act Enters Into Force K&L Gates
Jul
17
2023
CFIUS Clearance: Merck KGaA and Versum Materials, Inc. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
15
2023
Obligations Under Data Prrotection Laws and Possible Stumbling Blocks When it Comes to Whistleblowing Datenschutzrechtliche Pflichten & mögliche Stolperfallen beim Whistleblowing McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
13
2023
The BR Privacy & Security Download: July 2023 Blank Rome LLP
Jul
6
2023
ESG, Homeoffice und Immobilien – BaFin veröffentlicht 7. MaRisk-Novelle McDermott Will & Emery
May
23
2023
Is G7 Support for ISSB Climate Reporting Standards a Sign That Scope 3 Emission Disclosures Will Soon Be Required in U.S.? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
23
2023
Global Office Asset Trends: A Look at 2023 and Beyond K&L Gates
May
21
2023
Whistleblower Protection Act Update – Resolution of The German Federal Council (bundesrat) Mintz
May
19
2023
Competition and Employment – a Marriage that does not Allow for a Prenup … Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
13
2023
Nach neuem EuGH-Urteil: Wie geht es weiter im deutschen Beschäftigtendatenschutz? McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
24
2023
The Adler Restructuring Plan Judgment: Is Pari Passu Passé? Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Apr
20
2023
Punch and File the License Agreement? The New Duty Under German Law to Proactively Inform When Using Copyrights K&L Gates
Apr
19
2023
German Federal Court Paves the Way for Stock Price Evaluations for Corporate Appraisals and Appraisal Disputes Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
14
2023
EUROPE: Proposed German Legislation Will Support Investments in Renewable Energy Facilities K&L Gates
Apr
4
2023
German Court Orders Company to Pay €2,500 for Using the Phrase ‘Nimble Female Hands’ in Rejection of Male Job Applicant Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
30
2023
Court Finds That Payment on Aircraft Lease Security Deposit Letters of Credit Would Not Have Violated the United Kingdom's Sanctions Against Russia Katten
Mar
24
2023
DSGVO-Auskunftsanspruch: 10.000 Euro Schadensersatz für verspätete Auskunft McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
23
2023
The German Whistleblower Act: the never-ending story approaches its end, maybe Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
14
2023
German Federal Labor Court: Employers May No Longer Cite ‘Better Negotiating Skills’ as an Argument for Unequal Pay Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
6
2023
Europe: Gains From Crypto Trading Are Taxable, German Court Decides K&L Gates
Mar
2
2023
Mobile Arbeit und regionale Feiertage – was gilt? McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
1
2023
Are You Ready for the UPC? Act Now to Prepare for its Opening on June 1 McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
22
2023
Untreue bei zu hoher Vergütung von Betriebsräten?BGH, Urteil 10.01.2023 – 6 StR 133/22 McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
17
2023
Anspruch auf gleichwertiges Entgeld bei gleichwertiger Arbeit McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
16
2023
Keine Entfristung von Arbeitsverhältnissen aufgrund Urlaubsgewährung McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
10
2023
The German Supply Chain Act On Corporate Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains Is In Effect Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
3
2023
Lohngleichheit bei Teilzeitbeschäftigung McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
3
2023
Pflicht zur ESG-Kundenbefragung gilt zukünftig auch für Finanzanlagenvermittler McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
1
2023
Trade Alert: New Antidumping (AD) and Countervailing Duty (CVD) Petitions on Certain Tin Mill Products from Canada, China, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
30
2023
PEOS–The European Perspective K&L Gates
Jan
2
2023
Änderung der Inhaberkontrollverordnung McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
28
2022
German Employer’s Obligations to Record Employees’ Working Time Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
22
2022
Trademark Applications and Infringements in Germany: The Importance of Potential Revocation and Non-use K&L Gates
Dec
19
2022
Das Jahr neigt sich dem Ende – was erwartet uns Neues in 2023? McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
10
2022
COVID-19 Update: Elimination of Mandatory Isolation in Some Federal States in Germany Poses New Challenges for Employers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
7
2022
Unfair Competition – How To Deal With It? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
1
2022
Die Vergütung eines freigestellten Betriebsratsmitglieds McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
25
2022
BaFin Considers Dark Patterns in Trading Apps and Trading Portals to Be Inadmissible [GERMAN] McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
10
2022
Supreme Court to Consider Whether Lanham Act Reaches Foreign Defendants’ Extraterritorial Conduct McDermott Will & Emery
 

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