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An important milestone as Germany permits automated vehicles: Market impact and outlook

By Dr. Markus Burianski and Christian M. Theissen Download article as PDF On June 21, 2017, Germany enacted a bill legalizing automated vehicles (hereinafter referred to as the AV Bill). The AV Bi...
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Game over for the ‘sausage gap’: Germany adopts a comprehensive amendment to its competition law

By Daniel von Brevern, LL.M Download article as PDF In July 2014, Germany’s competition authority, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO), imposed fines totalling around 1338 million on 21 sausage manufa...
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Beware the fruit of the poisonous tree: Background checks and credit checks on candidates and employees under German law

By Sabine Feindura Download article as PDF Besides the documents attached to a job application, a phone call with a previous employer or tools such as Google, Facebook and LinkedIn enable employer...
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Entering Iran’s market: What German companies need to know

By Shaghayegh Smousavi Download article as PDF A unique market The partial lifting of international sanctions following the conclusion of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in July 20...
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A new chapter in EU trademark reform: Changes from October 1, 2017

By Dr. Ulrike Grübler Download article as PDF European trademark law is currently undergoing its biggest reform since the introduction of the Community trademark system in 1996. On December 15, 20...
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Good progress but some concerns regarding recent developments in European insolvency law: Group insolvency

By Dr. Mark C. Hilgard and Dr. Hanns Christoph Siebold Download article as PDF In June 2017, Regulation 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council on insolvency proceedings replaced Re...
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Big changes ahead with unknown consequences: EU General Data Protection Regulation versus personal data protection regulations in the People’s Republ...

By Dr. Gunnar Sachs, Maître en droit (Paris); Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London); and Dr. Qian Ma, LL.M. (Saarbrücken) Download article as PDF Introduction The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GD...
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More scrutiny recommended: New arbitration law in Russia and its consequences for corporate disputes

By Tanja Galander Download article as PDF Introduction The enforcement of a foreign court decision in Russia presupposes that the decision has  been recognized and declared enforceable by a Russi...
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BusinessLawMagazine 03/2017

Product liability and the German Road Traffic Act– Competition law and cartel law– Labor law and data protection– Foreign markets: opportunities and challenges– EU trademark law– AmCham Germany’s Corporate and Business Law Committee reports– Data protection law– Arbitration and corporate law