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German Federal Supreme Court ruling on Mölnlycke case gives more effect to torpedo actions

  • Taylor Wessing LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 17 2013

In a recently published decision (ref. No. X ZR 7012 Wundverband), the German Federal Supreme Court ruled that an exclusive licensee cannot bring

Have rejected job applicants the right to know the reasons for not getting the job

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 15 2013

Recently, the German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht "BAG") rendered a decision which had been awaited with interest by German employers

No termination of commercial agreements in the case of German insolvency proceedings?

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 15 2013

Commercial agreements usually provide for extraordinary termination rights or even automatic cancellation in the case of insolvency of one of the

Auch ein Automat kann die Persönlichkeit verletzen

  • CMS Hasche Sigle
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  • Germany
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  • May 14 2013

Zuletzt hatte sich Bettina Wulff darüber beschwert, dass eine Maschine sie mit dem Rotlichtmilieu in Verbindung brachte: Der Automat, besser der

German court rules Apple’s privacy policy violates German law

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 8 2013

On April 30, 2013, the regional court of Berlin enjoined Apple Sales International, which is based in Ireland, ("Apple") from relying on eight of its

Persons deemed managing directors in fact in Germany have fiduciary duties under German law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany
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  • May 7 2013

Under German corporate law, the managing director of a GmbH (German limited liability company) has general fiduciary duties to the company. While

Yes, I really am Angela Merkel

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 4 2013

Facebook can keep forcing its German users to disclose their real names in order to register for and continue using the social network, after an

Court increases fines on appeal by up to 85

  • CMS Hasche Sigle
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  • Germany
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  • May 2 2013

On April 15 2013 the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court ruled on an appeal against a Federal Cartel Office (FCO)(1) fine decision. The court increased

German Court rules that lower severance pay for older employees is possible

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Germany
  • -
  • April 30 2013

According to a recent decision of the German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht), a lower amount of severance can now be stipulated for older

Dispelling the Myriad gene patent harmonization myth

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • Australia, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, USA
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  • April 30 2013

In the wake of the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Myriad "gene patent" case, most commentators are predicting that the Court will uphold the