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Germany Reviews a New Pharma “Location Clause” (Standortklausel) for Pricing & Reimbursement Incentives – Improvement or Worsening for the Pharmaceutical Industry?
Hot off the press, yesterday evening, 29 September 2026, the German Government’s expert committee presented the eagerly awaited proposal for a new “location clause” (Standortklausel) to incentivize pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing in Germany. Under this proposal, pharmaceutical companies can apply for a reduction or complete waiver of the just recently enacted 8.5% additional “manufacturer markdown”...
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Site Relocation as a Mass Dismissal? ECJ Sharpens the Concept of ‘Dismissal’
Quick Hits Dismissals following an employee’s refusal to accept a unilateral, far-reaching relocation of the workplace may count toward the thresholds for mass dismissals, the European Court of Justice held in a June 2026 decision. Whether a workplace relocation is equivalent to a dismissal depends on the circumstances of the individual case, in particular the...
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Germany Reviews a New Pharma “Location Clause” (Standortklausel) for Pricing & Reimbursement Incentives – Improvement or Worsening for the Pharmaceutical Industry?
Hot off the press, yesterday evening, 29 September 2026, the German Government’s expert committee presented the eagerly awaited proposal for a new “location clause” (Standortklausel) to incentivize pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing in Germany. Under this proposal, pharmaceutical companies can apply for a reduction or complete waiver of the just recently enacted 8.5% additional “manufacturer markdown”...
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The Dedicated Employee: Volunteering and German Employment Law
Quick Hits Volunteering may trigger certain duties of consideration (Rücksichtnahmepflichten) for employers. The specific activity is decisive, however, so each case must be assessed individually. As a general rule, volunteering remains a private matter. What Is Volunteering? Volunteering (Ehrenamt) generally means a voluntary activity that is not aimed at generating profit and benefits the public...
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Former Lufthansa GC joins CMS Germany in dedicated AI pricing role
CMS Germany has appointed Matthias Langbehn, formerly general counsel at Lufthansa airline for 18 years, to reshape the firm’s approach to pricing legal services in the AI era. His mandate focuses on making fees more predictable, deciding when clients should pay for AI-enabled services, and recognising that not every client will accept AI premiums. The...
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Germany’s Federal Labor Court Limits Employer Information Requests
Quick Hits An employer may request that the employee disclose which job offers the employee received from Germany’s Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) or Jobcenter. The employer does not have an independently enforceable right to information about applications and their outcomes. The right to information under Section 242 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches...
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C.H.BECK invests over €100M in Noxtua as MANZ joins Series C
Noxtua, Europe’s Legal AI, has closed a Series C funding round of more than €100 million, with German legal publisher C.H.BECK becoming the new majority shareholder and Austrian publisher MANZ joining as a new investor. The round marks C.H.BECK’s largest ever investment. Noxtua, founded in Berlin in 2017, now has more than 30,000 users, around...
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What a German Court’s Ruling on a Public Facebook Profile Means for U.S. Data Brokers
A recent decision from a German labor court offers an interesting perspective on the use of personal information collected from publicly available social media profiles. While the case arose in the context of employment litigation, the court’s reasoning has broader implications for organizations that collect and use publicly available information, including U.S.-based data brokers. The...
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German Federal Labor Court Rules on Choice of Law in Cross-Border Home Office
Quick Hits A choice-of-law clause stating, “German law applies to the employment relationship,” lacks transparency and is invalid if it does not indicate that mandatory foreign employee protections may still apply. For employees who work permanently from a home office abroad, the law of the habitual place of work may govern the validity of a...
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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: JLL Acquires Life Couriers
JLL Partners has acquired Life Couriers, according to a news release. Life Couriers, based in Munich, Germany, and with offices in the United States and other countries, is an international group of specialized logistics service operators focused on life science and healthcare logistics. JLL, founded in 1988 and based in New York, is a middle...
