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.
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).
Transport law: Liability of the RU arising from a shunting accident – Publication by Klaus-Peter Langenkamp in RdTW
In the current issue of the trade journal Recht der Transportwirtschaft (RdTW, issue 7/2022), Klaus-Peter Langenkamp, Head of the Transport Law & Rail Competence Team at TIGGES, published a comprehensive review of a judgment on the subject of “Liability of the RU arising from a shunting accident”.
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.
Publication PROMISSUM in the magazine “Stiftung & Sponsoring” (Red Pages): “Foundations as an instrument of corporate succession”
As part of this PROMISSUM cooperation, we worked with the law firm dtb to design an issue of the magazine “Stiftung & Sponsoring” (Red Pages) on the topics of the psychology of inheritance and foundations as an instrument of corporate succession.
Declaration of rent increase after modernization – BGH specifies required scope of cost breakdown
On 20 July, the Federal Court of Justice put an end to the previously contradictory case law of the courts of lower instances on the formal requirements for a declaration of rent increase after modernization has been carried out with two decisions. We summarize the most important points for you here.
Managing directors are obliged to set up compliance management systems
Managing directors are obliged to set up a compliance management system, i.e. to take organizational precautions to prevent the company or its employees from committing legal violations. This was once again expressly confirmed by the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg in its decision of March 30, 2022 (case no. 12 U 1520/19).
Cancellation button required for consumer contracts in online commerce
As a result of the 2022 reform of the law of obligations, there will be an important change for e-commerce merchants as early as July 1, 2022: Entrepreneurs who conclude long-term contracts with consumers online for a fee must provide a termination button on the website if consumers can or could conclude contracts via the website.
Transport law: Ukraine, Belarus and the use of rail freight wagons – publication by Frank Wilting in RdTW
In the current issue of the trade journal Recht der Transportwirtschaft (RdTW, issue 5/2022), Dr. Frank Wilting, member of the Transport Law & Rail competence team at TIGGES, publishes a comprehensive article on “Ukraine, Belarus and the use of rail freight wagons”.