Forced Labor Compensation
am 04.01.2005 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe released its written decision in the forced labor matter, docket number 1 BvR 1804/03, in which it had to assess the constitutionality of the compensation program for the Nazi forced labor scheme. According to its press release, …
Nazi Compensation Payouts
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Compensation for assets lost by Nazi victims entered a new phase yesterday, January 13, 2005, with the announcement by Swiss banks of opening new claims by their CRT-II resolution tribunal: The Claims Resolution Tribunal is r…
EFF Adds Labor Section to Blogging Guide
Handakte WebLAWg / As a follow-up to my June 5 posting, Advocacy Group Publishes Legal Guide for Blogger, the day before yesterday EFF announced the addition of a labor law section to its guide. The Bloggers FAQ on Labor Law addresses legal issues arising from workpla…
Police to Police PCs
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In its press release no. 82/2007, the Supreme Constitutional Court of Germany in Karlsruhe announces the hearing of October 10, 2007 in the matters 1 BvR 370/07 and 1 BvR 595/07 on the constitutionality of the governments use…
Serie: Vergessene Tatbestände
Jurabilis / Heute: SlaveryA jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers. Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, and his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 45, were each convic…
Labor Day 2008: Sept. 1
Handakte WebLAWg / U.S. Census Bureau web site. The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of 10,000 workers on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, organized by Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary. By 1893, more than half th…
Arrest Warrant Law Void
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Federal Supreme Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe voided the German statute on the European arrest warrant on Monday and explained the rationale for its decision in the matter 2 BvR 2236 /04 in an English-language press re…
Domain is Property
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The domainundrecht.de blog analyzes the recent German Constitution Supreme Court decision, docket number 1 BVR 1306/02, of November 24, 2004, involving the ad-acta company and the ad-acta.de domain, both held by different part…
German Federal Constitutional Court decision in English/Bundesverfassungsgericht Entscheidung auf Englisch
Transblawg / The decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of 14th October 2004, which was widely commented on in the press - it deals with how far German courts are obliged to enforce decisions of the European Court of Human Rights -...…
Royalties on Printers
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In 2001, the German Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, Bundesgerichtshof, ruled in favor of copyright royalties payable on scanners, and the revised copyright act extends the payment obligation to printing euqipment and other gear s…
