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Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: What Companies in Germany Need To Know
The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or Directive) entered into force on July 25, 2024, establishing a framework for companies to address risks and adverse impacts on human rights and the environment in their supply chains. Member states now have two years — until July 26, 2026 — to implement the CSDDD into their national laws.
Compensatory damages principles in civil and common law jurisdictions: requirements, underlying principles and limits
This is an Insight article, written by a selected partner as part of GAR's co-published content. Read more on Insight Introduction: compensatory damages Compensatory damages, sometimes also referred to as actual damages, are designed to repair the damage a claimant has suffered or is expected to suffer. By contrast, the aim of punitive damages is to punish and deter certain behaviour.
Ein positives Signal für den Standort Deutschland
Recht und KapitalmarktStreitbeilegung Die Modernisierung des deutschen Schiedsverfahrensrechts soll den Standort stärken. Die Modernisierung des deutschen Schiedsverfahrensrechts soll den Standort stärken. Das deutsche Schiedsverfahrensrecht wurde zuletzt 1997 neu kodifiziert. Seitdem sind nur einzelne Vorschriften punktuell überarbeitet worden.
Environmental Groups Have Sued Large German Companies To Reduce Their Products’ CO2 Emissions | JD Supra Original
Takeaways Environmental groups have sued four large German companies, seeking to alter their products and activities to comply with climate goals far stricter than those set by German law. The cases derive in part from a decision last year by Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court, which found a major environmental statute unconstitutional in part, saying its near-term emissions were too lax, thereby constraining the options of future generations to combat climate change.
Deutscher Wirtschaft droht Prozesswelle
Umweltverbände versuchen verstärkt ihre Interessen vor Gericht durchzusetzen. Die Kläger stoßen auf Verfassungs- und zivilrechtliche Hürden. Von Uwe M. Erling und Anke Sessler *) Die jüngste Welle von Klimaklagen gegen deutsche Autohersteller und Wintershall Dea ist ein Novum im Recht.
Gesetz ruft zahlreiche Risiken hervor
Von Anke Sessler und Sarah Johnen*) Anfang März hat die Bundesregierung den Entwurf eines Lieferkettengesetzes zur Verhinderung menschenrechts- und umweltbezogener Verletzungen verabschiedet, welches das Parlament noch in dieser Legislaturperiode durchwinken will. Die Kritik der Wirtschaftsverbände, das Gesetz rufe unüberschaubare Risiken hervor, erscheint angesichts der vielen unbestimmten Rechtsbegriffe und umfangreicher Handlungspflichten berechtigt.
Financial Relief Under the CARES Act for US-Incorporated Subsidiaries of Foreign Companies | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
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