Tax and Ethics Scandal
am 17.02.2008 von German American Law Journal :: American EditionCK - Washington. The tax and ethics scandal rocking Germany involving business leaders has led to the resignation of one of the most powerful executives and to questions about government investigators buying tainted information. Corporate icons have often been accused of greed, such as American-sized incentives and bonus awards without solid contractual basis. But nobody expected a huge-scale tax evasion scheme which now appears to be unfolding. The flipside of questionable ethics by business involves ethics in enforcement. Questions …
EU Company for US Business
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Haver & Mailänder attorneys Dr. Ulrich Schnelle and Kai Graf von der Recke introduced recent trends in E.U. company law and their effects both on German law and corporate forms suitable for U.S. business investment…
EEP: Ltd. Ebb
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The German hoopla over the English corporate form of Limited and its use in Germany appears to ebb. Interest in the form is waning, according to Flensburg tax and insolvency specialists Ehler Ermer & Partner. The October 2…
A Bloggers Code Of Ethics
Handakte WebLAWg / A Bloggers Code Of Ethics, zur Verfügung gestellt vom CyberJournalist (Kommentare und TBs lesen!)....…
What now?
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The future of legislative projects in Germany appears clouded, at least within the first two hours of the close of polling stations in all of Germany except Dresden. In German-speaking circles in Washington, skepticizm meets d…
Legal Ethics Sites
Handakte WebLAWg / This article will serve as a partial update to Bob Ambrogis excellent 2003 survey, Top Sites: In Search of Ethics on the Internet, which appeared in the March 2003 issue of Law Practice Magazine (April 2005).…
Law Conference in Washington, DC
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. For 30 years, the association of German and American lawyers in Germany, Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung, held its annual meeting and conference on German and American law in Germany. In 2007, the conference and m…
Rule or Exception
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Sometimes, business has international issues outside of the transactional practice. For example, questions arise about a deceased employees probate of assets located in Germany. As a service to business clients, such assistan…
Walmart ethics code in Germany/Walmart Verhaltenskodex verstösst gegen das Grundgesetz
Transblawg / The Higher Labour Court in Düsseldorf today held that Wal-Mart’s ethics code (Verhaltenskodex) for Germany is incompatible with the Basic Law (Grundgesetz). The code forbade ‘inappropriate behaviour’ among employees, and there…
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