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Stock Market Price and “True” Enterprise Value – The Berlin Kammergericht (Higher Court) on Delisting, Fiduciary Duties, and Director Liability During COVID-19

published on 9 November 2026

Categories: Compliance in general, Liability and recourse, Legislative work

Unresolved Issues in Company Valuation: A Sore Point in UniCredit/Commerzbank and Schaeffler/Vitesco - Part II

published on 27 September 2026

Categories: Compliance in general, General

Unresolved Legal Issues in Company Valuation: A Sore Point in the UniCredit/Commerzbank and Schaeffler/Vitesco Cases

published on 25 May 2026

Categories: General, Compliance in general, Liability and recourse

Ad Hoc – Damage Claims in Insolvency: The Federal Court of Justice’s Wirecard Decision Highlights a Constitutional Deficit

published on 9 December 2025

Categories: General, Liability and recourse

Hard cases make bad law: Cardinal duties of managing directors and the knowledge exclusion in D&O insurance (Legal Foray 6)

published on 21 November 2025

Categories: Compliance in general, Liability and recourse, Insurance, General

The “Effectiveness” of Compliance Management Systems: Audit Standards under Empirical Scrutiny

published on 24 August 2025

Categories: General, Compliance in general, Liability and recourse

CJEU und BGH: Rougher Winds for Corporate Fines and Recourse Against Managers

published on 22 June 2025

Categories: General, Penalty and criminal law, Compliance in general, Liability and recourse

Executives in the crosshairs: Why D&O claims are on the rise - and what's really behind them

published on 30 April 2025

Categories: General, Compliance in general, Liability and recourse

Manager Liability for Delayed Filing for Insolvency: Liability Continues After End of Office (Legal Foray No. 5)

published on 22 April 2025

Categories: Compliance in general, Insurance, Liability and recourse

Manager Liability for Delayed Insolvency Filing: New Federal Supreme Court Ruling on Cessation of Payments and Illiquidity (Legal Foray No 4)

published on 9 March 2025

Categories: Compliance in general, Liability and recourse

The Exhaustion of D&O Insurance – The Frankfurt Higher Regional Court Sets Rules for D&O Insurance Practice in the Wirecard Case

published on 2 February 2025

Categories: General, Insurance, Contract law

Manager Liability for Delay in Filing for Insolvency: Contradictions between the Federal Supreme Court and the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW) in Respect of the Illiquidity Definition (Legal Foray No. 3)

published on 6 January 2025

Categories: General, Compliance in general, Liability and recourse

Manager Liability for Delay in Filing for Insolvency: Contradictions between the Federal Supreme Court and the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW) in Respect of the Illiquidity Definition (Legal Foray No. 2)

published on 6 October 2024

Categories: General, Liability and recourse, Compliance in general

Manager liability for delay in filing for insolvency: forays into court and negotiation practice (Lehal Foray No. 1)

published on 20 August 2024

Categories: General, Compliance in general, Liability and recourse

Recent OLG case law: New aisles, old ways in the thicket of D&O insurance

published on 13 May 2024

Categories: General, Liability and recourse, Insurance, Contract law

Guide posts of the Frankfurt Regional Court on Key Issues of Manager Liability, Recourse for Fines and D&O Insurance

published on 26 March 2024

Categories: General, Penalty and criminal law, Insurance, Liability and recourse

The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive as an ESG component with disproportionate effects

published on 15 February 2024

Categories: Legislative work, General, Penalty and criminal law, Liability and recourse

New Developments on the Recovery of Corporate Fines from the Management

published on 14 August 2023

Categories: General, Compliance in general, Liability and recourse, Insurance

The EU's ESG Rules: Multiple Combined Encroachments on Companies with Disproportionate Consequences

published on 6 June 2023

Categories: General, Penalty and criminal law, Compliance in general, Legislative work, Liability and recourse

Corporate Sanctions and Compliance: ECJ tightens corporate liability for competition violations: "Effective enforcement of rights" also requires "effective protection of fundamental rights”

published on 24 June 2019

Categories: General, Liability and recourse