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German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 23. Dezember 2011 —CK - Washington. In a possible first pact of its kind, VW and its union agreed that the company would not send emails to certain wage-earners after hours. The agreement covers employees using company-issue smartphones. It excludes certain managerial personnel, a December 23, 2011 report in Heise O…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 17. Dezember 2011 —German Statute of Frauds, Lexetius CK - Washington. Statutes, as amended -- or law in the most current version, -- are easily found in German bookstores. Most legislative acts are federal. Publishing houses print them affordably, and the major works rest on bookshelves in homes as commonly as in l…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 5. November 2011 — ... may soon reach the administration of justice in German courts. On November 11, 2011, the German carnival season begins. On November 9, 2011, the Berlin diet will hear from experts suggestions for a major change in the ... presents the arguments in favor of the change in a November 5, 2011 not…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 31. Oktober 2011 —CK - Washington. Solar energy tariffs paid by energy concerns are about to be lowered by 15% due to the successful adoption of solar energy in Germany. The agency responsible for the oversight of various grids and nets, Bundesnetzagentur, announced a new table for feed-in tariffs that apply to th…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 8. Oktober 2011 —CK - Washington. Easy access to a full set of features for locating German court decisions: JusMeum, a novel database provider growing out of a social media-type exchange of information service, has it. Currently, the service offers a free two-week test of its beta service JusMeum Rechtsprechung-Pro…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 16. September 2011 — ... in Hamburg had argued that Analytics violated German data protection law. Google and Hamburg, acting on behalf of a group of state German data protection agencies, negotiated. On September 15, 2011, Hamburg proclaimed Google setzt Forderungen der Aufsichtsbehörden um: Google to implement deman…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 14. September 2011 — ... International Court of Justice in The Hague. The court opened the dispute between Germany and Italy, in which Greece intervened, to live video transmissions which run from September 12 through 16, 2011. The dispute centers around the German claim for state immunity in a foreign forum for claim…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 14. September 2011 — ... Juristen-Vereinigung e.V. invite to a panel discussion on Conflicts of Ethics in Transnational Engagements on October 25, 2011. The focus of the panel is described on DAJV's website as Multi-jurisdictional rules of ethics and professional ... : Coping with conflicting legal rules and privileg…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 20. August 2011 — ... in a northern German state on August 19, 2011. The Independent Center for Data Protection in ... agency had focused on Google Analytics in January 2011, numerous social media services remain unscathed when ... take place by the end of September 2011, [the Center] will take further steps. …
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 17. Juli 2011 — ... to a competitor of the purchaser of the Adwords term. The decision of January 1, 2011 in the matter I ZR 125/07 remains unpublished on the court's website ... one of the parties published excerpts on July 13, 2011. The German trademark bar had long argued that ... as a matter of German trad…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 16. Juni 2011 —CK - Washington. The German justice system is ranked near the top in a comparison of justice systems of the world. The Rule of Law Index published on June 13, 2011 by the World Justice Project finds the German civil justice system not only fair but also affordable -- one of several causes of Germa…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 4. Mai 2011 — ... Germany's treaty obligations, including the FCN treaty with the United States, the petitioner alleged before the United States Trade Representative. The USTR sees three bases for inaction. It will not open an investigation into Germany's alleged violations and explains them in the Federal Regi…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 4. Mai 2011 —CK - Washington. Germany treats Americans and E.U. members differently and does not afford Americans most favored nation treatment, in violation of Germany's treaty obligations, including the FCN treaty with the United States, the petitioner alleged before the United States Trade Representative. T…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 30. April 2011 —CK - Washington. German Law Archive has announced the availability of two additional German statutes in English in its database: The Courts Constitution Act of 1975 and the Insurance Contracts Act of 2008.…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 28. April 2011 — ... the agent for the resulting cancellation fee. Click here for the decision, in German. The Meldorf court of first instance held on March 29, 2011 in the matter 81 C 1601/10: 1) The notice was not received before the next business day. 2) The agent is free to schedule her day, as a matter of…
