Higher Regional Court of Hamburg (judgment of 1 August 2025): Mere fears of economic uncertainty do not justify termination of the commercial lease without notice.

Since the MoPeG, registration in the partnership register has been a prerequisite for land register entries in favour of a GbR – many partnerships have not yet reacted.

Federal Labour Court (judgment of 23 October 2025): Comparison with a single better-paid colleague establishes the presumption of gender-based pay discrimination.

Local Court of Munich (final judgment of 13 February 2026): AI-generated output is only protectable if human creative influence recognisably shapes it – documentation is decisive.

Where a breach of duty instigated by the controlling company is at issue, the controlling company is excluded from voting by analogy with § 136(1) sentence 1 AktG.

No shareholder shall be a judge in his own cause: when voting prohibitions apply, how they can be shaped in the articles of association and what remains despite a voting prohibition.

Federal Labour Court (judgment of 22 August 2024): § 622(2) BGB applies mandatorily despite a choice of US law if the place of work is in Germany – the form, however, is governed by Art. 11 Rome I Regulation.

Higher Regional Court of Munich (judgment of 18 December 2025): Utilitarian objects, too, can be protected by copyright – and when several participants are joint authors.

Unlike in the case of a GmbH, solvent partners of a GbR can be held personally liable for court costs and the insolvency administrator's remuneration.

Federal Labour Court (judgment of 31 July 2025): Employment relationships that end upon reaching the standard retirement age do not fall under the anti-discrimination protection for fixed-term employees.

Positive and negative publicity of the commercial register – and when abuse of the power of representation exceptionally negates the registered authority to represent.

Ten theses on the organisational design of compliance management – and the question of how advisory boards in family businesses are to be involved.