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European Commission opened formal state aid investigation into the German exemption of large electricity consumers from network charges

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 22 2013

On 6 March 2013, the European Commission ('the Commission') decided to investigate in-depth the German exemption of large electricity consumers from

Corporate crime update - July 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, Iran, North Korea, Spain, Syria, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 16 2012

The SFO has announced that it has obtained a civil recovery order against Oxford Publishing Ltd (OPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oxford University Press (OUP

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Advocate General's opinion in a case referred to the Court of Justice of the EU is that marketing and labelling of wine that suggests a temporary beneficial effect in relation to digestion is unlawful

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 2 2012

The Advocate General has given his Opinion in relation to questions referred to the Court of Justice of the EU, arising from a dispute over whether the marketing and labelling of wine that referred to the wine having reduced acidity amounted to a health claim

Market abuse: Advocate General opinion to ECJ on when information about proposed resignation of CEO of a German issuer becomes “precise”

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • March 28 2012

On 21 March Advocate General Mengozzi delivered his opinion in the case of Markus Geltl v Daimler AG, which has been referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) by the German Bundesgerichtshof for a preliminary ruling

EU Commission threatens contract violation proceedings against Germany

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 4 2011

The EU Commission has demanded that Germany provides information on the measures it has taken to implement its ECJ Judgment of 15 July 2010 (C-27108

Implementation of the European Mediation Directive in Germany

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • January 31 2011

In July 2010, the German Federal Ministry of Justice published a draft bill which, if passed into law, will deal with the implementation of the European Mediation Directive (the Directive

ECJ: occupational pension schemes for local authority employees are subject to the EU public procurement directives (15 July 2010, C-27108)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • December 3 2010

Under German law, employers are obliged to grant employees the possibility of converting part of their gross salary into pension savings

The European Court of Justice clarifies the application of EU public procurement rules to development agreements in the Helmut Muller case

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • March 25 2010

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") today laid down an important judgment concerning the application of EU procurement rules to land development agreements

ECJ confirms a broad interpretation of "extraction" from a protected database

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • October 10 2008

The ECJ's decision in Directmedia Publishing GmbH v Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Case C-30407, 9 October 2008) confirms that, for the purposes of infringement, "extraction" of data from a protected database should be interpreted broadly and can include transfers made after individual assessment of the data by the user