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Social Media and Inheritance Law Digital Memories The tribunal decision of this week concerns a topic we all know: the use of social media. But what happens to all the contents after a user has died? For many years has been talked about the inheritance rights of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter after the…
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NRW: Masks at School Tribunal Decision of the Week – BWLH Reviews As a matter of fact, masks have slowly but drastically become an ornament to our everyday life, just like shoes and clothes. Most countries of the world are changing rules in order to fight the corona global pandemic from spreading and infecting more people…
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Tribunal Decision – BWLH Reviews Study Law in Germany: Become a “Rechtsanwalt” September has come to an end, and as we all know, October is in Germany the month of new starts. The winter semester at all German universities is slowly beginning and while experienced students get back to college with a couple of preoccupations,…
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Dear readers, as an international law firm, we are constantly in contact with the tribunal judiciary system in Germany and worldwide. Law is our passion and Law is what we want to talk about. In this regard, we are glad to present you our new project: Tribunal Decision – BWLH Reviews. Our team is reviewing each…
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We are delighted to inform you, that our law firm team has just welcomed new talented attorneys and office members! A warm welcome and lots of good wishes on becoming part of our growing team. Congratulations and on behalf of all the members. We are all happy and excited about your inputs and contribution to our…
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A review procedure of the tendering proceedings before the public procurement supervisory committee (tribunal) starts only at request of a company. Certain formalities have to be respected, in order to avoid the rejection at the time of the review procedure. Federal Cartel Office and Public Procurement Tribunals of the respective German Länder Public procurement tribunals…
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According to § 160 (1) GWB, the public procurement tribunal shall initiate review proceedings (Rüge) only upon application. Paragraph § 160 (3) of the GWB specifies that an application becomes inadmissible if the applicant became aware of the violation of public procurement provisions during the awarding procedure, but did not complain to the contracting entity…
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The evaluation of the offers by the public sector takes place in four statutory levels, the order of which must be observed. A commingling of the levels, an evaluation at the wrong level or the multiplying of a criterion can easily lead to a violation of bidding rights. First Assessment Level At the first stage…
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When purchasing goods or services, the public sector has to make an economic use of the communal funds, as public contracts are paid by citizens ‘taxes. For this reason, it has to adhere to a few principles in the occasion of carrying out new awards (which are regulated in § 97 GWB). These requirements have…
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If, according to § 2 VgV*[1], the expected order value exceeds a so-called threshold, a Europe-wide awarding proceeding must be carried out. In such a case, it can be assumed that the mandate is of cross-border interest and relevant to the internal market. Above these thresholds, here applies laws “coined” by the European directives (the…
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