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Beijing Suspends October 2025 Measures and Adjusts Key Re-Export Ban Against the US

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are increasingly influencing both strategic direction and operational decision-making within the Health Care & Life Sciences sector.

Further and new acceleration options for residential construction have been under discussion since 2024. Far-reaching authorisation simplifications are now coming into force: almost everything "can" - nothing "must".

On 9 October 2025, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), in some cases jointly with the General Administration of Customs (GAC), issued a series of announcements that significantly expand and deepen its export control regime.

The UK government is currently emphasising the potential of innovative technology to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of patient care.

The PRC Administrative Measures on Beneficial Owner Information (the “Measures”), jointly issued by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), require business entities to proactively submit their ultimate beneficial owner information starting November 1, 2024.

In view of fluctuating economic data, increasing pressure on the cost of capital and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, earn-out clauses are currently becoming more topical than the German transaction market last experienced during the financial crisis.

Since the adoption of the so-called EU Anti-SLAPP Directive, officially entitled "Directive (EU) 2024/1069 of 11 April 2024 on the protection of individuals who engage in public participation against manifestly unfounded claims or abusive legal proceedings ("strategic lawsuits against public participation")" is that editorial offices and…

In its ruling of 1 August 2025, the ECJ significantly strengthened legal protection in international sports arbitration. The decision is in line with recent ECJ case law, which clarifies that sports associations are subject to the limits of European competition law when organising competitions and may not abuse their rules to foreclose…

Having your own AI in the server room sounds like control, security and science fiction. Meta, Google, DeepSeek and OpenAI are already making language models available for download. However, those who fail to observe the following points, among others, risk significant legal and economic consequences.

In its opinion of 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice clarified the existing obligations under international law to protect the climate and outlined the conceivable legal consequences of breaching them

On 5 June 2025, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court declared a value protection clause in a commercial tenancy agreement invalid - with potentially far-reaching consequences for the drafting of contracts in commercial tenancy law.

In June of this year, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety published a draft bill for an "Act implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2024 on the restoration of nature and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869".

The European Union and the United States have published a declaration that creates a new framework for transatlantic trade and puts economic relations between the EU and the US on a new footing.

The agreement reached by the EU Member States in the Council of the European Union on the reform of the Union Customs Code forms the basis for the upcoming negotiations with the European Parliament and the Commission in the trialogue procedure.

Berlin is thinking big and fundamentally rethinking – at least if the SPD parliamentary group has its way. With the draft of a socialisation framework law, the capital is for the first time preparing the concrete application of Article 15 of the Basic Law, i.e. the socialisation or communitisation of private property.

According to the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart, an investment advisor has a duty to draw investors' attention to prospectus forecasts that are "outdated" by reality at the time of subscription and are therefore too positive.

On 25 June 2025, the EU Commission presented the long-awaited proposal for an EU Space Act. Interested parties have until 11 September 2025 to submit their comments.

What do the special laws in industrial property protection protect: packaging or product? And what does this protection actually depend on?

A notarial authentication is also ineffective pursuant to Section 6 (1) No. 4 BeurkG if a third party was authorised by the wife of the authenticating notary as managing director of a GmbH on behalf of the GmbH at the time of authentication. The inclusion of a list of shareholders submitted by the notary in the commercial register can be…

A recent ruling by the Federal Labour Court (BAG) has led to an acute need for action in the venture capital and start-up sector. Particularly affected is the common practice of incentivising employees through virtual options as part of ESOP programmes (Employee Stock Option Provisions) or VSOP programmes (Virtual Stock Option Plans). The…

The ECJ and the Berlin Court of Appeal clarify that remuneration for services not rendered is also subject to VAT.

In insolvency proceedings, third-party payments are often made to the insolvency estate because insolvency administrators "lobby" for a payment. As a rule, everything usually goes well because the insolvency administrators have reliable liquidity planning. However, if the insolvency administrator subsequently refuses to make payment with…

The handling of personal data in AI systems presents companies and developers with increasingly complex challenges. With its guidance published in June 2025, the Conference of Independent Data Protection Supervisory Authorities (DSK) now provides specific recommendations for the data protection-compliant development and operation of AI…

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump have now announced an agreement in the months-long customs conflict. A further escalation of the conflict thus appears to have been averted for the time being.

It is a truism that one should not save money at the wrong end. A recent judgement by the Darmstadt Regional Court (LG), in which the action for rescission brought by a GmbH shareholder...

After weeks of blockade by Slovakia, the representatives of the EU member states agreed on a further comprehensive sanctions package against Russia in the night of 18 July.

There are currently over 8,000 German companies or Turkish companies with German capital participation operating in Türkiye. Turkish labour law is therefore playing an increasingly important role in German-Turkish legal relations.

The telecommunications, media, and technology (“TMT”) sector operates at the forefront of global innovation and connectivity, shaping industries across the world. While China represents one of the largest and most rapidly growing TMT markets, it has historically remained less accessible to international players due to foreign investment…