What You Need to Know About the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent
Navigating the Once-Obscure German Nonresident Withholding Tax
German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and Its Impact on Latin America
Compliance Perspectives: The German Corporate Sanctions Act
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Germany
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in Germany
Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver Heinisch
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 7: Joe Mittag, OMF Otto Mittag & Partner | Frankfurt, Germany
Jones Day Talks: Developments in Germany's Wind Power Regulations
Jones Day Talks: Navigating Foreign Direct Investment in Germany
Investor Considerations in Germany’s Renewable Energy Sector
E18: ICANN Loses First GDPR Court Ruling in Germany
In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more
German authorities have intensified and accelerated their enforcement activities in 2023, following a slowdown of both investigations and court proceedings during the pandemic. This had led to a surge of dawn-raids in...more
Germany’s new Whistleblower Protection Act is now in force. Large and medium-sized companies need to act quickly to comply and avoid possible fines....more
Companies operating in Germany should implement reporting mechanisms or adapt their existing ones to comply with the new legal requirements. The German Whistleblower Protection Act (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz — HinSchG)...more
With a delay of almost one and a half years, the German legislator has implemented the so-called Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937) into German law: In mid-December 2022, the German Bundestag had passed the...more
Düsseldorf, May 12, 2023 – Today, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) approved the act on the implementation of the Whistleblower Directive (“German Whistleblower Protection Act” – HinSchG), after several delays and...more
On 27 July 2022, the federal cabinet adopted the draft for a Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG). This draft is intended to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and the council of 23 October 2019...more
Gesetzentwurf der Bundesregierung für ein Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz - Die Bundesregierung hat am 27. Juli 2022 einen Entwurf für ein „Gesetz für einen besseren Schutz hinweisgebender Personen sowie zur Umsetzung der...more
As early as December 2019, the European Union’s Directive (EU) RL 2019/1937 (colloquially called the “Whistleblower Directive”) was adopted at the European level. This directive aims to strengthen the protection of persons...more
Following Germany's initial attempt last year to implement the EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937), aimed at ensuring harmonized and improved protection of whistleblowers throughout Europe, the Federal...more
On 9 June 2022, NAVEX hosted the 2022 European Risk and Compliance Virtual Conference, in which industry leaders and experts came together to discuss all the latest news, trends, updates and challenges surrounding company...more
Germany's Federal Ministry of Justice submitted a new draft bill to transpose the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive. The EU Whistleblower Protection Directive should have been transposed by 17 December 2021 already. This...more
On Wednesday, November 24, 2021, the newly formed coalition of the Liberals, Greens and the Social Democrats, which will lead Germany during the next four years, presented its coalition agreement. In negotiations lasting a...more
Join World Law Group's Compliance & Investigations Group for a Zoom meeting where panelists will discuss whistleblowing as part of corporate compliance and the legal requirements in the EU. Dr. Rebekka Krause, Fabien Pomart...more
Today’s global healthcare marketplace is marked by unprecedented transformation. The seismic shifts in healthcare delivery and drug development during COVID-19 have, in 2021, continued to demonstrate the power and capacity...more
On 11 June 2021, the German Federal Parliament approved the draft bill on corporate due diligence in supply chains (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act), which was approved by the German Federal Council without any changes on 25...more
Das BMJV hat den Entwurf zum Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz (HinSchG) veröffentlicht und setzt damit die EU -Whisteleblowing-Richtline um. Ab den 17. Dezember 2021 müssen Unternehmen und Behörden ein Hinweisgebersystem...more
Companies in Germany should be aware of Germany’s looming implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937). The now available first working draft bill for a Whistleblower Protection Act...more
Zumeist sind es Arbeitnehmer, die Missstände oder Straftaten melden, welche ihnen im Zusammenhang mit ihrem Arbeitsverhältnis bekannt geworden sind. Mangels ausdrücklicher gesetzlicher Regelung besteht jedoch für Arbeitnehmer...more
It is one thing to wake up and find yourself as the lead story on a Sunday morning when the New York Times (NYT) runs a corruption story about your organization above the fold. It is quite another when the world’s top...more
Our European practice, spread across 13 offices in the region’s most robust economies, can provide a single point of contact for clients’ global labor and employment needs. Here we highlight significant labor and employment...more
Two of Europe’s largest economies are embracing anonymous whistleblower reporting for the first time – triggering organizations operating in those countries to review and evaluate their internal reporting and investigations....more
According to a survey by a national German newspaper, a large proportion of German whistleblowers are facing labor law and even health problems in connection with whistleblowing. 13 out of 20 whistleblowers subsequently lost...more
European Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager made news when she announced that the European Commission had launched a new IT system enabling individuals to anonymously report cartel activity. In parallel, several...more
On January 1 2017, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (“BaFin”) set up an online whistleblowing system allowing anyone to anonymously report alleged violations of supervisory law. BaFin is the national...more