See below this judgment from 20 December 2022 on the merits and limitations of annual vacation entitlements. SummaryOn 20 December 2022, the German Federal Labor Court (“BAG”) ruled that the entitlement to statutory minimum vacation is only subject to the three-year year statute of limitations if the employer has (i) previously informed its employees about their specific vacation entitlements and that the vacation will lapse if they do not take it and (ii) the employee then freely decides not to take them (See judgment – 9 AZR 266/20). If the employer fails to do so, the corresponding vacation claims of the employees from earlier years can still be asserted.…
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Space Law Update: One person’s space junk is another’s treasure – who is legally responsible for damage caused by space debris?
Why space junk matters On 4 May 2022, a heavy piece of unidentified metal crashed through the ceiling of a young Gympie family’s home – narrowly missing the bouncer in which their baby daughter had been lying moments earlier. Less than six months later, four pieces of space junk – which the United Nations says originated from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience – were discovered in paddocks in and around the Snowy Mountains region. Fortunately, no one was harmed and minimal property damage occurred as a result of these incidents. However, debris in low-earth orbit has increased by 50% in the last five years and some estimate that there is up to a 10% chance of a person being hit by space junk this decade.…
What Are the Legal Cases Against Donald Trump?
case type: civilwhere: New York Supreme CourtAttorney: Roberta KaplanVerdict: Trump found liable for battery and defamation in May 2023. A second defamation trial begins on January 15, 2024. In a 2019 New York cover story, writer E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. After Trump accused her of lying, Carroll, represented by Roberta Kaplan, sued him for defamation. Then she sued for damages over the alleged assault, taking advantage of a recent New York law that extends the statute of limitations for adult survivors of sexual abuse. The trial began on April 25.…