In its ruling of 10 April 2025, the Federal Administrative Court dismissed the appeals filed by the State of Baden-Württemberg and a hospital operator on the fundamental issue of whether a hospital should be reimbursed for actual personnel costs incurred in connection with binding staffing requirements. The matter specifically concerned how to interpret the financing rules […]
A recent ruling by the Regional Court of Düsseldorf has determined that Pfizer and its German collaborator BioNTech must compensate Moderna, assisted by Freshfields, for utilizing its European Patent 949 (EP 949), marking a significant development
Raue – with attorneys Dr. Katharina Wodarz, Dr. Markus Plesser, and Felicitas Rauss (ALL PICTURED, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) – has successfully represented DocMorris in landmark proceedings against the Chamber of Pharmacists North Rhine (Apothekerkammer Nordrhein) on
Raue, with partners Robert Heine (pictured left) and Felix Stang (center) and counsel Lisa Schopp (right), is representing the music collecting society GEMA in a lawsuit before the Regional Court of Munich I against the
Baker McKenzie has advised Grundfos, a global provider of advanced pump solutions and water technologies, in connection with the future close-down of its Wahlstedt production site in the district of Segeberg. The reconciliation of interests
Linklaters represented Korean LED manufacturers Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Viosys in a successful lawsuit before the Düsseldorf Local Division of the new Unified Patent Court (UPC). With its decision, the UPC handed down a
With its ruling of 28 August 2024, Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court overturned a decision by the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) of 31 May 2022 in which the latter had found that a non-compete covenant agreed by STIHL with
In a landmark case, Gleiss Lutz has successfully represented Deutsche Telekom AG against the European Commission, obtaining a major victory at the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The
Based on the survey “Global disputes forecast” conducted annually by Baker McKenzie, nearly a third of top-tier legal and risk executives in major corporations worldwide foresee an uptick in conflicts this year, with close to
For over ten years, there has been a legal battle within the confectionery cartel, reaching up to the Federal Court of Justice and back. Now, the complex concludes for three manufacturers with a total fine
