ECJ: Carriage of empty containers in combined transport not cabotage
In our new series TransporTrends, together with the Kompetenznetz Logistik.NRW / LOG-IT Club e.V., we regularly provide information on current topics, decisions and trends in transport and logistics law – starting today with a landmark decision by the ECJ on cabotage.
Chefsache | The Metaverse – Opportunity for digital business models and a bouquet of legal issues | 07.02.23 | 16.30 – 19.00 hrs
The metaverse is one of the world’s most talked-about trends and companies from all sectors are looking at the strategic advantages this new digital era offers them and how they can successfully enter this new world. But what exactly is “the metaverse”? And what legal issues will companies that also want to present themselves in the metaverse have to deal with in the future?
Article trans.iNFO: The Supply Chain Duty of Care Act: Effects on the logistics industry
In the current issue of Trans.iNFO, the online magazine for the logistics industry, which focuses on “Supply chains in crisis mode”, TIGGES lawyer Kim Lif Rademacher summarizes the effects of the new law on the logistics industry.
TIGGES wishes you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year 2023
We wish you a Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a good start to the New Year. With this year’s Christmas card, we are supporting the DÜSSELDORF TEILT e.V. campaign with a donation for the victims of the war in Ukraine.
Employment law update: Electronic certificate of incapacity for work is mandatory from 2023 – the end of the “yellow slip”
From January 1, 2023, the reporting procedure for electronic certificates of incapacity for work (eAU) will be mandatory for employers. The paper certificate of incapacity for work will then be obsolete – with a few exceptions.
Wave of warnings for the use of Google Fonts (formerly “Google Web Fonts”) on websites
A new wave of warnings is currently affecting numerous companies. Users of the “Google Fonts” font tool on company websites are the target of the warnings. Read more here about who is being warned and what to do.
Cooperation in the healthcare sector for the German and Polish markets
We are very pleased to strengthen our growing Healthcare & Life Sciences practice at TIGGES with a new collaboration with Polish lawyer Katarzyna Kroner, a proven expert in medical device law in Poland, for the German and Polish markets.
BAG on 13.09.2022: Recording working hours is mandatory for all employers in Germany
With its decision of September 13, 2022, the Federal Labour Court clarified that German employers are already obliged under current German employment law to maintain a system that enables employees to record their working hours (and thus also and in particular those that exceed the contractually owed amount).
NRW.Global Business & TIGGES: FAQ Logistics Location NRW – available in 6 languages
North Rhine-Westphalia is a central logistics hub and it is important for foreign transport companies to familiarize themselves with the legal framework at an early stage. Together with NRW.Global Business, the TIGGES Transport & Logistics Competence Team has therefore published an FAQ brochure on North Rhine-Westphalia as a logistics location.
RAILBUSINESS: Interview with Dr. Frank Wilting on the legal dispute iS Rastatt
Five years have already passed since the collapse of the tunnel construction site in Rastatt, but the legal dispute between Deutsche Bahn and the railroads and rail customers affected by the interruption of the Rhine Valley railroad near Rastatt in 2017 is still ongoing. In an interview in RAILBUSINESS, TIGGES Of Counsel Frank Dr. Wilting comments on the current status of the dispute.