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The independent commercial law firm Oppenhoff advised Ford on the complex cooperation agreements with Marelli.

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Data transfers to third countries outside the EU have been made considerably more difficult by the Schrems II decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of 16 July 2020. While the EU-US Privacy Shield has been declared null and void, the EU standard contractual clauses, among others, continue to be valid, but in certain cases need to be supplemented by addition-al protective measures.

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In the course of the ongoing pandemic, the legislator has adopted further regulations primarily concerning the right to the continued payment of remuneration or compensatory benefits as well as the utilisation of care leave. Here, we are summarising the most important relevant amendments to the Third Civil Protection Act [Drittes Bevölkerungsschutzgesetz], which came into force on 19 November 2020, and the Hospital Future Act [Krankenhauszukunftsgesetz, KHZG], which came into force on 29 October 2020:

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The independent commercial law firm Oppenhoff has advised the shareholders of Babybe GmbH on the sale of all of its shares to Natus Medical Incorporated. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Babybe has been advised by Oppenhoff since the first financing round.

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The corona vaccine is on the horizon. In this context, employers are already facing a variety of questions: for example, can employees be obliged to get vaccinated or can they be denied access to the company without proof of vaccination?

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The independent commercial law firm Oppenhoff has been nominated as “German Law Firm of the Year 2020” at this year's The Lawyer European Awards.

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Companies in the agricultural and food supply chain face many changes In the food supply chains, small and medium-sized agricultural producers are facing what in some cases are powerful processing and retail companies. In the agri-food sector, these include in particular large supermarket chains, large dairies or slaughterhouses.

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As of 1 December 2020, tenants will have a legal claim against their landlords to the toleration of structural changes to install charging points. Commercial lessors are also affected by the reform and will have to tolerate installations by their lessees in future - all in the spirit of promoting e-mobility.

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The mere attempt by a supplier to influence the resale prices of its dealers usually constitutes a violation of German antitrust law. The Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Düsseldorf has now clarified that a final blocking of deliveries to a dealer on grounds of differing ideas about resale prices can be permissible. There is no violation of the German antitrust law boycott prohibition if the blocked retailer cannot be induced to increase its resale prices in line with the supplier’s intentions. A supplier who is unhappy with the pricing policy of a retailer is therefore not powerless, despite the prohibition of vertical price fixing.

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The independent commercial law firm Oppenhoff has been included in the JUVE ranking for the Frankfurt region for the first time. For the annually published JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021, 34 editors have conducted more than 9,000 research interviews this year.

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