Wow, I did not realize the German and Italian Nazi leaders were so young when they came to power. Should I be worried about the political radicalization of youth in Europe today due to the economic crisis? Will some of them turn into Fascist…

1. Today is Armistice Day. Americans celebrate it as Veterans Day, for the Polish it is Independence Day and quite a few Germans, who want to forget war, celebrate today instead as the beginning of the carnival season. What hedonistic,…

Heather A. Conley, a senior fellow and director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C, has a piece in Foreign Policy titled "The Transatlantic Test" with the subheading "Europe…

Schon der Wortlaut des § 256 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 StPO ist eindeutig: Verlesen werden können ärztliche Atteste über Körperverletzungen, die nicht zu den schweren gehören. Die Verlesung ist demnach nur dann zulässig,…

Unter dieser Rubrik veröffentlichen wir -ähnlich einer juristischen Presseschau- regelmäßig Links zu interessanten Nachrichten, die Sie im Selbstleseverfahren rezipieren können.Blaulicht hält nicht auf…

Das mutmaßliche Fehlurteil Gustl Mollath bindet derzeit die öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit - und lässt dabei ein anderes Verfahren in Vergessenheit geraten: Den Mordfall Peggy. Wie Gustl Mollath ist auch Ulvi K. in der…

  Die re:publica 13 steht vor der Tür, jede Menge Netzinteressierte – auch ein paar Juristen – fahren nach Berlin und werden wahrscheinlich wieder vor den Würstchenbratern in der Station rumhängen. Wer aber…

Quo Vadis – Wo geht die Reise hin? Jedes Jahr seit 2003 stellen sich die Vertreter der Gamesbranche diese Frage im Rahmen der gleichnamigen Entwicklerkonferenz. Kurz vor der Re:Publica wird hier schonmal der besonders freudvolle Teil…

In seinem heute veröffentlichten Urteil 4 U 186/12 v. 24.01.2013 hat das OLG Hamm über durchgestrichene “statt”-Preise bei Resterampen entschieden. Wie im Grunde nicht anders zu erwarten, liegt dann, wenn den…

Legal Reform News Daily | Law 360 The British government vowed Tuesday to push for a new class action system for antitrust litigation, a move attorneys say could make the U.K. the center for private cartel damages cases across Europe.…

14.06.2013 – U.S. Department of Justice Daily Digest Bulletin. Das Neueste aus dem Fall U.S. v. Apple, Inc., et al.  in welchem auch die VERLAGSGRUPPE GEORG VON HOLTZBRINCK Beklagter ist; es geht um das Preissystem im E-Book…

22.03.2012 – Conference “Tax and IP” in Frankfurt / Germany

The Corporate and M&A Law Committee and the Securities Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) partnered to produce guidance to the takeover laws for more than 50 countries around the world. The material is intended as a…

In December 2009, the Swiss bank UBS and The Boston Consulting Group conducted a survey of the M&A plans which the 160 biggest listed European companies have for 2010.According to this study confidence is returning to the European M&A market,…

In Case T?191/08 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) declined JOOP!’s motion to permit registration of a single exclamation mark placed inside a rectangle as a Community trademark. The court ruled that this mark lacks distinctive character…

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There are some news in regards to cases involving the question whether the use of trademarked keywords in Google AdWords constitutes a trademark infringement. The Advocate General Poiares Maduro has delivered his opinion on the joined cases…

We, at DEHNEN., have been concerned about developments regarding taxpayers’ rights for a long time already – and now, the President of the German Federal Court of Finance, Rudolf Mellinghoff has also raised his voice according to our…

Economic relations between Germany and Brazil will now be strengthened by the newly established honorary consulate in Düsseldorf (http://www.brasil-honorarkonsulat.de/). We therefore welcome Max Krieger, the new consul, in our office…

Taxpayers with US nationality are facing several tax planning and compliance challenges these days. They are taxable in the USA with their worldwide income, regardless of their place of residence. And the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) lately…

 Dear Mohamad Mova Al 'Afghani: Your paper, "The Potential Role of the Human Right to Water in the Management of Indonesia's Water Resources", was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Environment & Natural Resources…

  In case you haven’t realize, the Nanotechnology Law blog adds a few links in the tabs: Lawfirm Directory and Add Lawfirm. Lawfirm directory is a new feature aimed at collecting information about lawfirms practising Nanotechnology…

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