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Bundesarbeitsgericht: Unwirksamkeit einer Kündigung bei Korruptionsverdacht wegen fehlerhaften compliance-systems

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 15 2013

Unternehmen sind in den letzten Jahren in erhöhtem Ausmaß Korruptionsrisiken und den damit verbundenen negativen Auswirkungen ausgesetzt. Hierzu

German Federal Court of Justice decides on patentability of stem cells decision of 27 November 2012 X ZR 5807

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • March 13 2013

On November 26, 2012, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof BGH) issued a final decision (docket nr. X ZR 5807) in

Employer's guide to recovery of wage overpayments

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 30 2013

Many jurisdictions have enacted statutes governing whether an employer may recover inadvertent overpayments from an employee's wages, including rules

German insolvency laws continue to facilitate out-of-court restructurings: German legislation resolves to permanently apply current restructuring friendly overindebtedness regime

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • December 6 2012

The German Insolvency Code requires the management of German limited liability companies (GmbH), stock corporations (AG) and other entities without personal liability to file for the commencement of insolvency proceedings no later than three weeks after the entity has become illiquid (zahlungsunfähig) or overindebted (überschuldet

Organschaft Regierung plant wichtige

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • October 12 2012

Die Regierung hat neben weiteren Regelungen zur Vereinfachung des steuerlichen Reisekostenrechts am 19

Survive or be terminated

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • France, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • October 4 2012

Recent developments in Germany concerning the survival of sublicenses after termination or expiration of the main license should alert licensors to re-evaluate their licensing models and to take additional steps to ensure they retain sufficient control of their intellectual property

New developments in Germany’s vacation laws: expiration of vacation entitlements in the event of incapacity due to illness

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • August 16 2012

This article explores recent decisions by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and German Federal Labour Court that challenge the previous principles of forfeiture of vacation entitlements for employees in Germany

Employee inventions and improvements: a perspective from employers and investors

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • August 16 2012

Employers in technology-centric industries are often insufficiently aware of the relevance of patent law and, specifically, employee invention regulations in Germany

Restructuring tax in Germany: recent court rulings, decrees and practice developments

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • August 8 2012

Restructurings have become an integral part of the reality of the German debt and equity markets

Recent developments in German business taxation

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Germany
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  • June 26 2012

The German corporate tax law is again about to be changed