The VIII. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible, among other things, for residential tenancy law. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had to decide whether a landlord in the [...]
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In a judgment pronounced on July 1, 2008, the 11th Civil Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main (OLG Frankfurt a.M.) ruled on the [...]
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On June 26, 2008, the German Bundestag passed the Act to Modernize the Law on Private Limited Companies and Combat Abuses (MoMiG). "The [...]
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The 8th Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible for residential tenancy law, has now ruled that a clause in a residential tenancy agreement, with [...]
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The applicant, based in North Rhine-Westphalia, intends to hold poker tournaments as part of the "Poker Bundesliga" in a pub in Rheine. At [...]
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