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18/03/2024
E-learning | Protection of reporting persons using a whistleblower system
The EU’s Whistleblower Directive (2019/1937) was transposed into national law in Germany by the Whistleblower Protection Act (Hin­weis­ge­ber­s­chutzge­setz, HinSchG). The Whistleblower Protection Act came into effect on 2 July 2023. We have developed an e-learning course for your employees that answers the essential legal and organisational questions relating to the whistleblower protection provided by having a reporting system in place. The course also explains how a whistleblowing system works and encourages staff to report potential issues internally rather than contacting the relevant external reporting office.
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18/03/2024
E-learning | Contact with competitors – basic competition law rules
Our e-learning course on dealing with competitors provides our clients with a sound basis for training their employees. This e-learning course guides through the correct conduct under competition law when in contact with competitors.
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18/03/2024
E-learning | Open source compliance – basics
This e-learning course teaches the basics of open source compliance. The aim of the course is to raise awareness of the advantages as well as the risks and pitfalls of open source software in all these levels of the company. At the end of the course, solutions to identify risks and avoid them as best as possible through appropriate processes are shown. The e-learning course is aimed at everyone in companies who comes into contact with open source software. This includes not only management but also the IT and development department, purchasing, sales and product management.
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18/03/2024
E-learning | Money laundering prevention in industry and trade
This e-learning course was developed specifically for employees and suppliers. It is intended to raise awareness of what must be observed legally to successfully prevent money laundering. As the addressees of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Geld­wäschege­setz, GwG), companies are obliged to take precautions against their own abuse for money laundering purposes or financing terrorists. The e-learning course takes into account the special position of goods traders in money laundering prevention and can be individually supplemented and modified with regard to the specific risk exposure (especially business activities with high-risk countries, dealing with deviating payers or conspicuous drop shipments).
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18/03/2024
E-learning | Open source compliance for software developers
This e-learning course has been specially designed for software developers. Its purpose is to raise awareness of what needs to be considered from a legal viewpoint when software developers use open source software.
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18/03/2024
E-Learning | Preventing corruption – basics and practical tips
In a business context, benefits such as gifts and invitations are mainly intended to promote and maintain business relationships. However, using excessive benefits to influence business decisions is not allowed. There is often uncertainty about what is "allowed" and what is "banned" in the business world. Our basic training on corruption prevention educates your employees and provides practical guidance for everyday business that complies with legal requirements.
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20/12/2021
2021 traffic-light coalition – Impact of the coalition agreement
The “traffic-light” coalition comprising the SPD, the Greens and the FDP has now presented its coalition agreement for the period 2021 to 2025 in Berlin. The tripartite alliance is aiming to transform the social market economy into a so­cial-eco­lo­gic­al market economy by focusing on climate and digitalisation issues. At the press conference, the incoming government described it as the most extensive modernisation of the economy for more than a hundred years. We set out below how this is to be achieved, the opportunities arising for your company and the topics you need to be particularly aware of.
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20/12/2021
A first look at the coalition agreement from a compliance perspective
We look into the coalition agreement, entitled “Risk more progress – Alliance for freedom, justice and sus­tain­ab­il­ity”, from a compliance perspective.
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28/04/2020
Checklist M&A and GDPR
The scope of the EU General Data Protection Reg­u­la­tion (GDPR) extends to M&A transactions. Sanctions for in­fringe­ments of data protection rules include, amongst others, a fine of up to EUR 20 million...
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20/05/2019
CMS Compliance Barometer 2018
The survey is based on computer-aided B2B telephone interviews with 177 compliance officers from large German companies in the industrial, real estate, automotive, retail, healthcare, ICT and finance...
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10/05/2019
The Verdict
Welcome to the Spring 2019 edition of the Verdict, an at-a-glance round-up of recent legal developments in relation to corporate crime. This edition includes a spotlight on the extension of corporate...
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27/03/2018
Public Takeovers in Germany
The landmark Vodafone / Mannesmann takeover in 1999 / 2000 demonstrated the need for a com­pre­hens­ive stat­utory regime for public takeovers of Ger­man com­pan­ies. The German Takeover Act (Wer­t­papier­er­werbs- und...
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