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To help organisations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
Die Umsetzung der europäischen Warenkaufrichtlinie (2019/771) und der Richtlinie über die Bereitstellung digitaler Inhalte und digitaler Dienstleistungen (2019/770) in nationales Recht bringt einige wichtige Änderungen des...more
1. Upsides of Arbitration on Shareholder Disputes over Litigation before Civil Courts - Generally, shareholder disputes in German law companies are subject to litigation before ordinary civil courts. If shareholders wish...more
For the second time, our antitrust/competition practice has expanded the Dechert Antitrust Merger Investigation Timing Tracker (DAMITT) to include Germany and France. This supplements DAMITT’s U.S. and EU coverage with...more
A new contract type has been introduced in the German Civil Code for the supply of digital content or services by companies to consumers in Germany: The German Federal Parliament has added 22 new sections (337-327u) on the...more
In implementation of the Sales of Goods Directive (Directive 2019/771/EU of May 20, 2019, "WKRL") and the Digital Content and Services Directive (Directive 2019/770 (EU), "DIDRL"), a comprehensive reform of the BGB came into...more
In Umsetzung der Warenverkaufsrichtlinie (Richtlinie 2019/771/EU vom 20. Mai 2019, „WKRL“) sowie der Richtlinie über digitale Inhalte und Dienstleistungen (Richtlinie 2019/770 (EU), „DIDRL“) erhalten insbesondere digitale...more
Der Bundestag hat am 25.06.2021 das „Gesetz zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie über bestimmte vertragsrechtliche Aspekte der Bereitstellung digitaler Inhalte und digitaler Dienstleistungen“ beschlossen. Das Gesetz setzt die...more
Under German takeover law the bidder in a voluntary public takeover is given two options with regard to what the bidder offers the shareholders of the target company as compensation for their shares. ...more
The 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC) - also called the “Digitalization Act” - became effective on January 19, 2021. In a previous alert, we discussed the key aspects of the...more
On 14 January 2021, the German parliament passed the long-awaited 10th amendment to the Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC). This came after the governing parties, CDU/CSU and SPD, had submitted a final amendment "at...more
New Competition Tool und „Digital Markets Act“ – Entwicklung weiterhin im Fluss - Ein neues Werkzeug zur Bekämpfung von Risiken für den Wettbewerb („New Competition Tool“ / „NCT“, Hogan Lovells berichtete bereits in einem...more
For M&A transactions in Germany and beyond, Foreign Investment Control screenings have become an indispensable standard element to assess when structuring deals and planning for regulatory review. Similarly to merger control,...more
The German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has published the draft bill on the 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition, which includes a proposal for the revision of abuse control in...more
Q1/ Applicable legislation - (a) Have the requirements of the GDPR been addressed by introducing a new law, or by updating existing legislation? Old legislation has been updated....more
Read the latest news on antitrust, competition and economic regulation (ACER) in this Autumn's edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter. Algorithms in the spotlight of antitrust authorities - Joint study by the...more
Joint study by the Bundeskartellamt (German Cartel Office) and the Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority) indicates need for higher compliance standards - Digital ubiquity, and the resulting rules, do not...more
At the end of 2018, the Stuttgart Court of Appeals [Oberlandesgericht] clarified that, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No. 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile...more
German Minister of Economics suggests revising EU and German merger control regulations to enable the creation of European champions – and keeps FDI options on the table to prevent acquisitions by non-European players....more
Recently the German legislature passed a new law, exempting extraordinary profits created by the waiver of claims under restructurings from income tax liability. ...more
Change is coming to the life sciences industry. Price pressure, new market entrants, the emergence of personalized medicine, and even climate change are adding complexity to traditional manufacturing processes and supply...more
"EMA" and "gErMAny" – far more in common than mere letters - The European Medicines Agency (the "EMA"/"Agency") has reached celebrity-style status in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, and is being wooed by most European...more
For the past five years, Google and the German telecommunications regulator, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur – BNetzA), have been arguing whether Google’s email service Gmail qualifies as a telecommunications...more