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SanInsFoG: public consultation for the committee of right and consumer protection of the Bundestag
On November 18, 2020, the Act on the Further Development of Reorganization and Insolvency Law (SanInsFoG) passed its first reading in the Bundestag and already has been referred to the Committee for Legal Affairs and... read more
Far-reaching changes in insolvency law including pre-insolvency restructuring proceedings to be implemented as early as January 2021
Against the background of the persisting COVID-19 pandemic, the German Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJV) presented a far-reaching draft bill. With effect from January 1, 2021, a pre-insolvency restructuring procedure is to be introduced to... read more
Extension of the suspension of the obligation to file for insolvency: Valerian for those affected?
As the coalition committee of the Federal Government decided on Monday, 25th August 2020, the regulation on the suspension of the obligation to file for insolvency is to be extended. Nevertheless: this autumn could be extremely unpleasant not... read more
Digitization boost by COVID-19
According to the German Civil Procedure Code (ZPO), online court hearings have been permitted for some time now, but have almost always failed due to the sceptical attitude of many judges. Against the background of the current crisis, a slow... read more
Webinar CORONA COMPACT for creditors successfully launched
Against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic, PASCHEN Rechtsanwälte, together with Deutsche Kongress GmbH, has launched an “Emergency Aid Program” in the form of a seminar, which is intended to guide companies through the crisis.... read more
Home sweet home: Greetings from the living room
Half of Germany is currently working from home due to the corona pandemic. We at PASCHEN Rechtsanwälte are no exception – most of our attorneys and paralegals moved their office into their own four walls weeks ago and since then mainly... read more
Criticism of Adidas & Co. causes serious misunderstandings
As a law firm working for numerous medium-sized companies, PASCHEN Rechtsanwälte feels obliged to comment on a legal issue currently under public discussion. The announcement by Adidas and some other well-known commercial enterprises that they... read more
Changes to law to mitigate the consequences of the COVID 19 pandemic
In its meeting today, Wednesday, 25 March 2020, the German parliament decided due to the Corona crisis on far-reaching changes to civil and insolvency law, among other things.
Consumers and micro-enterprises (up to 9 employees/2 million... read more
“FRM-Tage” (B2C) will continue in November
The coronavirus is currently paralysing public life comprehensively, making all event planning obsolete. The start of the 12th Receivables and Risk Management Days (B2C) in Berlin last Thursday was therefore also the only event in this series for... read more
Legal expenses insurance: BGH ends 40 years of discussion
In its ruling of February 13, 2020, the Federal Court of Justice (file no. IX ZR 90/19) confirmed a ruling of the Berlin Regional Court (file no. 5 S 22/18), which PASCHEN Rechtsanwälte had won. According to this ruling, the legal protection... read more