Upper House to Meet June 15
am 13.06.2005 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. The Upper House, Bundesrat, in Berlin will meet on June 15, 2005 to consider eight statutes that require its approval. The list is on its website.Briefly, the statutes cover (1) the removal of home owner subsidies; (2) new rules for food and feed; (3) adoption of the EU directive on noise suppression; (4) revision of gene technology rules; (5) amendment of the statute against anti-competitive measures; (6) revision of rules covering the energy industry; (7) statute to enhance preventive health measures; and (8) statute to adopt the rules enunciated in …
Tolling Statute
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the cabinet in Berlin agreed to amend the tolling statute for criminal prosecutions. Currently, the statute is not tolled if a defendant moves abroad, even as the prosecution pursues extradition measures. As revised,…
Statute of Limitations Changed
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Statutory changes that occurred in 2002 will soon affect the statute of limitations to various claims which used to benefit from rules granting a 30-year period. The Berlin Department of Justice published a general reminder w…
Gettings CLaims Filed in Time
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The enormous changes in the German laws affecting the statutes of limitations continue--some with urgent effect. Just yesterday, a new statute was published in the federal gazette, Bundesgesetzblatt, that contains numerous ch…
Judicial Assistance
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The cabinet in Berlin approved today for ratification the new European Union directive on judicial assistance in criminal matters and a protocol to the directive. The new measures enhance means for cross border investigations,…
Precedential Case Procedure
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Justice Department in Berlin issued a press release today to announce a new and experimental statute that establishes new procedures for lawsuits by investors harmed in the capital markets.For a period of five years, investors ma…
Hausordnung
German American Law Journal :: US-Recht auf Deutsch / CK - Washington. Die Hausordnung der 109. Gesetzgebungsperiode des Repräsentantenhauses steht nun im Internet als Übersicht und als PDF-Volltext. Nach der Kompetenzverteilung werden einige Ausschüsse die Verantwortung für d…
