International law is no longer confined to regulating relations between states. Today, it also plays an increasingly important role in business and private ...

A joint will in which both parties mutually appoint each other as sole heir is popular among spouses. However, they need to be mindful of its strong binding ...

A beverage manufacturer had a combination of colors registered as an EU trademark. In a ruling from July 29, 2019, the ECJ confirmed that the mark is null and ...

A lot of investors have experienced a crash landing when it comes to their financial investments. If the bank gave flawed investment advice, it is possible to ...

The costs incurred by an heir in correcting the testator"s tax return reduce the estate tax burden. That was the verdict of the Finanzgericht (FG) ...

The courts have been grappling for years with the extent to which sampling pieces of music breaches copyright. The Court of Justice of the European Union ...

Commercial agents are entitled to an indemnity following termination of the contractual relationship. As a prerequisite, however, their work for the company as ...

In the case of mass dismissals, an employer is allowed to go ahead and sign termination notices before the notice of collective dismissal has been received by ...

Repayment of a shareholder loan can potentially be contested by the insolvency administrator even if the amount circuitously ends up in the company"s account ...

An heir inheriting property from his or her parents has a period of six months in which to personally occupy it for residential purposes in order to avoid it ...

Germany"s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, better known by its abbreviation "BaFin", recently determined that restrictions in Germany on the marketing, ...

Heirs are obligated to amend or subsequently file the testator"s incomplete or missing tax returns. A testator who conceals income from the tax authorities ...