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The topic of sustainability is increasingly occupying the world of work, with qualification and vocational training measures also continuously gaining in relevance. The rapid advancement of digitization as a result of the corona pandemic in particular is requiring employers to come up with sustainable concepts for qualification and vocational training measures for their employees in order to ensure their sustainability. The purpose of these measures is to adapt employees’ know-how to the (digital) transformation, so that they can keep up with the constantly increasing requirements.

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In today's Schrems II decision, the ECJ overturns the "Privacy Shield", but declares Standard Contractual Clauses to be effective.

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Following the introduction of the Corona-Warn-App in Germany with some initial difficulties, more and more employers now want to use it to protect their employees. However, employers cannot unilaterally order the mandatory use of the app by employees.

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A recently published decision of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) of 28 May 2020 (Az. I ZR 7/16) makes it necessary to modify many cookie banners. Tracking cookies for analysis or marketing purposes on websites require the use of consent management tools. In addition, privacy notices must be adapted.

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The independent German commercial law firm Oppenhoff has advised MVGM, the largest property manager in the Netherlands and top manager for commercial and residential property in Germany, on the acquisition of Mannheim-based property manager VIVANIUM.

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The commercial law firm Oppenhoff has advised the global media company Banijay on the acquisition of 100 percent of the Cologne-based TV production company Brainpool (including "Schlag den Star" (ProSieben), "Pastewka" (Amazon), "Luke! Die Schule und ich” (Sat.1)).

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With this "Focus on Labor Law", we are pleased to present you the new design of our previous newsletter. Our Focus on Labor Law will continue to inform you in the usual manner at the end of each quarter about current labor court decisions and legal developments of particular relevance to your company’s personnel work. This issue also contains a "Corona Update" with the most important current labor law aspects of the pandemic.

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The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO, Bundeskartellamt) had prohibited Facebook from en-couraging its German users to agree to a practically unlimited collection and allocation of data to their user account. However, the FCO has so far been unable to enforce the order, because Fa-cebook appealed against this decision to the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court and obtained an order granting the suspensive effect of the appeal. This has now changed with the decision of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which revoked the order of suspensive effect of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG Düsseldorf) on 23 June 2020.

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The practical importance of test seals, quality and certification signs is growing. Due to the growing number of products and services on offer, consumers are increasingly looking for trustworthy verification marks to help them decide for or against a product or service. In this context, consumers not only pay attention to quality marks that relate to the quality of the goods or services, but criteria such as animal and environmental protection as well as sustainability are increasingly moving into the focus of consumer awareness.

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Through the implementation of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) in Germany, legal requirements were created under which certain companies are obliged to make non-financial statements on their measures for environmental protection, employee protection, social commitment, respect for human rights and the fight against corruption and bribery.

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