March 29, 2018
According to the Federal Data Protection Act (German Bundesdatenschutzgesetz; BDSG), an operational data protection officer enjoys special protection against dismissal during his or her appointment and one year following the end of the appointment (§ 4f para. 3 sent. 5 and 6 BDSG). For the duration of the special protection ... Read More »
by: Buse Heberer Fromm
March 28, 2018
The theatre stage, which has been on the agenda for years under the title of legally effective collective dismissal in many labour courts, is now being entered by a new extra: the temporary worker. This concerns the following: The defendant ran vocational colleges. The plaintiff was initially employed by the ... Read More »
by: Buse Heberer Fromm
March 27, 2018
Company integration management is not a prerequisite for the reassignment of a night shift to an alternative shift The plaintiff employee works for the defendant as a machine operator. Between 1994 and 2005, he worked an alternative shift (early shift/late shift), and since then he has been working the night ... Read More »
by: Buse Heberer Fromm
March 26, 2018
The final tax reform bill signed by President Trump on December 21, 2017 makes substantial changes to executive compensation paid by private and public companies and non-profit organizations. But it could have been worse. Significant restrictions on nonqualified deferred compensation plans were removed from the final bill. This article briefly ... Read More »
March 23, 2018
Compliance management systems (CMS) – hardly a day goes by without being reported on their necessity. Latest buzzword: tax compliance. What is behind all this? Does tax compliance make sense? What are the benefits of tax compliance? Compliance and tax practice German tax law is complicated and is considered one ... Read More »
by: Buse Heberer Fromm
March 22, 2018
Influencer marketing is widespread. Risks abound. The legal problem with paid posts The legal problem with “paid” posts is that they are not clearly recognizable as advertising. Without any indication that it is advertising, the audience of such a post will understand it as the personal and private opinion of ... Read More »
by: Buse Heberer Fromm
March 20, 2018
After months of speculation, the White House announced yesterday that tariffs will be imposed next week on all aluminum and steel imported into the United States. The concept of imposing tariffs has been impending for months, and it is still possible that the actual tariffs will not be in place ... Read More »
March 14, 2018
Introduction Payment Services Directive 2 (Directive 2015/2366/EU; PSD2) is the revised European payment services directive. PSD2 is intended to modernise the statutory framework, improve payment traffic within Europe, and create space for new and innovative parties entering the market that can contribute to a more effective and transparent manner of ... Read More »
March 13, 2018
The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a ruling on 22 February 2018 concerning the Dutch tax concept of “tax entity”. It concerned the application of Section 10a of the Corporation Tax Act 1969 (“Vpb”) in relation to the freedom of establishment that applies in EU law. What is the ... Read More »
March 2, 2018
ABN Amro’s supervisory board chairman Olga Zoutendijk has indicated that she will retire from her position on 1 July 2018. This decision is related to criticism of her leadership style, according to reports in the media including het Financieele Dagblad. Allegedly, she interfered actively in the decision-making process within the ... Read More »
February 26, 2018
The EU General Data Protection Regulation is directly applicable everywhere in the EU as of 5/25/2018. All relevant data protection processes up to this point should correspond to the stipulations set forth in the GDPR. So much to do, so little time. Companies in the real estate sector are now ... Read More »
February 23, 2018
The new European Insolvency Regulation increases the chances for companies to avoid insolvency through restructuring using an autonomous approach. Innovations are available for SMEs as well as for corporations. In the European judicial system, insolvency proceedings have been coordinated and regulated based on the European Insolvency Regulation since 2002. Once ... Read More »
February 22, 2018
In 2015, the UK Government passed what is commonly referred to as the Modern Slavery Act (MSA), which is designed to target slavery and human trafficking in the UK and commercial supply chains that come into contact with the country. This act affects not only UK-based companies, but also companies ... Read More »
by: Buse Heberer Fromm
February 21, 2018
Compliance is also becoming increasingly important for SMEs. The position of the external compliance officer is a good way to make your own company compliant. It provides a flexible and economically viable alternative, especially for suppliers and exporting companies Criminal records, cartels, breach of trust, corruption, problems with security and ... Read More »
by: Buse Heberer Fromm
February 13, 2018
The UAE’s Ministry of Economy enforces existing statutory dual licensing of non-independent branch offices. Contrary to the existing 20-year administrative practice of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai, companies now face penalties. Until recently, it was possible to license and operate non-independent branch offices of companies located in ... Read More »
by: Buse Heberer Fromm
Legal knowledge portal Sharing legal knowledge together
by: 
by: