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The amendment of the renewable energy act with respect to the feed-in-tariffs for photovoltaic power plants

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • July 29 2010

After months of public debate and an appeal at the mediation committee by the Federal Council of Germany, the German Parliament decided on July 8, 2010, to adopt the controversial reduction of solar power subsidies by amending the Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare-Energien- Gesetz or EEG) (paper 171147 of the Bundestag

Bonuses and other variable pay components: a comparison

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France, Germany, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • October 14 2010

With the year-end fast-approaching, many employers are turning their attention to bonus arrangements for 2011

Mandatory disclosure to unsuccessful job applicants in Germany?

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • October 14 2010

Germany's anti-discrimination law may be on the brink of change following a referral by Germany's Federal Labor Court to the European Court of Justice (the ECJ

Anonymous job applications in Germany and in France

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France, Germany
  • -
  • October 14 2010

Job applicants in Germany usually send a "complete application dossier" to the prospective employer which includes their name and age or date of birth

Trends and markets

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • April 23 2010

In light of the economic crisis the German government has implemented its crash program aimed at mitigating the crisis as part of the so-called "Growth Acceleration Act" as of the beginning of this year

Current jurisdiction

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • April 23 2010

In a recent judgment in the case “Columbus Container” as of 21 October, 2009 (I R 11408), the BFH finally decided that the German CFC (controlled foreign corporation) rules are incompatible with EC law

Administrative news

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • April 23 2010

The Federal Ministry of Finance recently issued a circular (dated 14 January 2010, file number IV C 2 S 27700910002) on the question whether the changes of accounting and corporate law provisions brought about by the Accounting Law Reform Act (Bilanzrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz BilMoG) have implications on the requirements for group taxation for corporation and trade tax purposes

Federal Fiscal Court on trust models: new opportunities for reorganizations and leveraged transactions?

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • April 29 2010

Until the end of 2004 the so-called trust model was an often used structuring tool in the context of reorganizations and leveraged transactions

German Federal Supreme Court rejects double-opt-in

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • February 17 2011

The First Chamber of the German Federal Supreme Court decided on the permissibility of outbound advertising calls on the basis of a so-called "double-opt-in" (judgement dated February 10, 2011 - I ZR 16409 - Telefonaktion II

Act on the prevention of improper securities and derivatives transactions

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • August 30 2010

On July 27, 2010, the Act on the Prevention of Improper Securities and Derivatives Transactions (Gesetz zur Vorbeugung gegen missbräuchliche Wertpapier- und Derivategeschäfte or the Act) became effective

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