The II. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice has ruled on the liability of shareholders of a limited liability company when these [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible among other things for competition law, has upheld the conviction of the department store company Karstadt in the dispute [...]
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The plaintiffs, two condominium owners, object to the annual statement of account of the administrator of the condominium owners' association. The administrator had charged the heating and hot water costs [...].
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On the 10th of each month or quarter, self-employed persons and tradesmen must report their sales and wage tax returns to the tax office. This deadline [...]
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In the design patent litigation of Apple Inc., USA, against Samsung Electronics GmbH, Schwalbach, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, [...]
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The Public Procurement Senate of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has ruled that the BAHN-BKK procedure, by which the health insurer had awarded rebate contracts to pharmaceutical companies and [...]
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