In a judgement dated 15.03.2012 (Case No.: III ZR 148/11) the Federal Supreme Court of Germany (BGH) ruled that sales organizations can be held responsible for the criminal behavior of an agent.
The contractual commission regulations of trade agents can be invalid if they are contradictory.
The past has shown that even for successful companies, bad payment behavior by customers may soon turn into a major problem.
When merchandise is offered at an extremely low price and only in connection with the purchase of a main product this is called combined offers.
Trade agents contractual commission regulations can be ineffective if they are contradictory according to § 307 para. 1 sentence 2 BGB (Federal code of law).
The UG, Entrepreneurial Company with limited liability is a special type of GmbH. It is also called a mini-GmbH and is a fairly recent addition to German company law.
Employers are not obligated to translate employment contracts into the employee’s respective mother tongue.
In this present case the Federal Court of Justice of Germany was concerned with the question of the shareholders’ liability in a GmbH in case of an economic re-establishment.
Trade agents contractual commission regulations can be ineffective according to § 307 para. 1 sentence 2 BGB (Federal code of law) if they are contradictory.
Ever since year 2000, the Labour Court Acceleration Act is in force, a law to simplify and speed up labour court proceedings
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