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The German Growth Acceleration Act (Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz)

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • December 29 2009

On December 4, 2009 the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) adopted the Growth Acceleration Act (Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz

For free? Product replacement, refitting and repair under German product liability laws

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • September 1 2009

The German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) recently issued a ruling which attracted quite some attention in the German business community

The new regulations regarding employee data protection complicate ensuring the company’s internal compliance

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • August 26 2009

Directors and managers are in danger of being personally liable if they do not take suitable measures to ensure compliance, especially to avoid corruption and other economic crimes

German employment law

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • October 12 2009

German employment law is based on a variety of sources

The acquisition of a bank in Germany requires knowledge of the financial sector's complicated regulatory background

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • October 6 2009

The German banking market is on the move

New rules in the statutes regarding the appropriateness of the management board’s remuneration call for supervisory board members to follow their duties more closely than before

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • October 12 2009

The Act regarding the Appropriateness of the Management Board’s Remuneration (Gesetz zur Angemessenheit der Vorstandsvergütung, VorstAG) came into force on August 5, 2009

Foreign judgments enforcing arbitral awards are no longer enforceable in themselves in Germany

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • January 19 2010

In order to enforce an arbitral award in a specific country, the award must be recognized by that country’s national courts

The new German government effects on the real estate industry

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • December 3 2009

On October 26, 2009 the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Liberal Party (FDP) (the Coalition) signed their coalition agreement (the Coalition Agreement) as a basis for their political program for the coming four years

German employment law

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • August 2 2010

German employment law is said to be complex and employee-friendly

Safe harbor: more stringent requirements for the transfer of data to the USA

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • June 15 2010

When German companies transfer personal data to companies outside the EU then they have to fulfill the stringent requirements of the Federal Data Protection Act