Advertising featuring the term "schadstofffrei", i.e. free from harmful substances, is misleading if the product, despite not exceeding acceptable limits, has ...

There is often little time separating insolvency and termination of employment contracts, with the issue of how to comply with an employee"s right to severance ...

The European Commission has imposed fines totaling 368 million euros on two automotive suppliers for violations of antitrust law. The EU competition ...

In the case of inheritance tax, the taxable amount is not split up and subject to differential tax rates. That was the verdict of the BFH, Germany"s Federal ...

Take care when using superlatives in advertising. A ruling by the OLG Frankfurt, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, from February 14, 2019 demonstrates ...

The Markenrechtmodernisierungsgesetz (MaMog), i.e. the Trademark Law Modernization Act, entered into effect in Germany on January 14, 2019, introducing a ...

According to a ruling of the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), Germany"s Federal Supreme Court, even if works of art are no longer protected by copyright, taking ...

The Bundeskartellamt, Germany"s Federal Cartel Office, has imposed a total fine of around 13.4 million euros on a bicycle wholesaler for entering into resale ...

The Bundeskartellamt, Germany"s Federal Cartel Office, has imposed a fine of around 1.4 million euros on an asphalt manufacturer for entering into illegal ...

Either party to a commercial agency agreement can give the other extraordinary notice of termination for good cause. One important example of good cause is ...