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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Germany’s Federal Labor Court Limits Employer Information Requests
Quick Hits An employer may request that the employee disclose which job offers the employee received from Germany’s Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) or Jobcenter. The employer does not…
EU Law Enforcement
The State as the Last-Degree Successor in Europe: What Lies Behind Article 33 of the EU Succession Regulation?
For the readers of this blog, the following contribution presents a topic that may be of interest because it demonstrates the need to unify the regulation of the state as…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
German Federal Labor Court Clarifies Employer Duties for Suspicion-Based Dismissals
Quick Hits Germany’s Federal Labor Court held that an employer’s failure to attempt contact with a vacationing employee for the purpose of a required hearing before issuing an extraordinary termination…
Global Workplace Insider
Invalidity of a probationary‑period termination due to contradictory conduct
By Claudia Posluschny, Frank Weberndörfer
If a manager with responsibility for personnel matters, assures an employee near the end of their probation period that they will be retained, but soon terminates employment without valid reason,…
Cyber Law Watch
Termination Button–Also Required for Agreements With Automatic Expiry and One-Time Payment
By: Dr. Thomas Nietsch and Andreas Müller In a recent ruling (I ZR 161/24, 22 May 2025), the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) clarified the scope of § 312k…
Recht Vertieft Articles
News: Property law – No good faith acquisition of a stolen Lamborghini on a gas station parking lot
News: Property law – No good faith acquisition of a stolen Lamborghini on a gas station parking lot written and translated by Ali Tahir Sen The acquisition in good faith…
Recht Vertieft Articles
1 – Decision review: Tort law – Liability of minors
1 – Decision review: Tort law – Liability of minors Liability of an eight-year-old female cyclist looking backwards for the fall of a female pedestrian under § 828 of the German…
LathamGermany
“Ki(c)k“ boxing between tenants and landlords on rent payment obligations during Covid-related business closures continues even after BGH judgment
By Dr. Torsten Volkholz, Otto-Philipp von Gruben, and Sven Nickel This week, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) issued its eagerly awaited judgment on rent payment obligations during COVID-related business…
Real Estate Legal Update
COVID-19 Legislation in Germany
By Dr. Martin Meißner, Dr. Etienne Richthammer, Dr. René Lochmann, LL.M., Harald Francisco Heller, Cihangir Agdemir, Dr. Sarah Tanasescu-Helml, Frederik Laux, Marie-Ann Dey
Tenancy agreements are determined by the landlord handing over the rented property to the tenant – and the tenant paying rent for it. If the tenant is in arrears with…
LathamGermany
Legal Update – COVID-19: Rechtliche Implikationen für Immobilien in Deutschland
Von Torsten Volkholz, Otto von Gruben und Maximilian Berenbrok Nach einem heute beschlossenen Gesetz werden Mieter vor Kündigungen durch Vermieter geschützt, die in vielen Fällen keinen ähnlichen Schutz vor einer…