Legal Tech Act to enter into force on 01.10.2021
The law to promote consumer-friendly offers in the legal services market will enter into force on 01.10.2021.
After the Act, which is also referred to as the "Legal Tech Act" and which was highly controversial in the legislative process, was still passed by the Bundestag and approved by the Bundesrat at the end of June, shortly before the parliamentary summer recess, it was promulgated in the Federal Law Gazette on 17 August 2021 and can therefore enter into force on 1 October 2021, as provided for in Art. 9 of the Act. The Act provides, among other things, that lawyers may in future work on monetary claims of up to 2,000 euros in return for a contingency fee; it also regulates requirements for registration and for remuneration agreements as well as information obligations for debt collection service providers. It contains amendments to the BRAO, the RDG, the RVG and other laws.
The BRAK had criticised the draft law, among other things, because it would make it more expensive for consumers to enforce their rights and would in fact limit access to justice by legal tech debt collection service providers to cases that are economically attractive for them. It is also critical of the fact that the limited opening of the contingency fee will impair the independence of the legal profession as well as the system of cost reimbursement and legal aid. It calls for an evaluation of the regulations on contingency fees in particular.
Source: BRAK, Nachrichten aus Berlin No. 17/2021 v. 25.08.2021
- Legal Tech Act
- Invalidity of the termination of a tenancy agreement
- Influencer means advertising ?
- Employee must prove illness
- Revocation of a car loan agreement
- Liability of a subsidiary for infringement of competition law?
- Time limitation of an employment
- Price increases for new car
- Termination due to reading and disclosure of data
- Termination because of threats against a supervisor
- Proof of e-mail receipt.
- Termination of Leasing Contract
- EU sanctions targeting Russian citizens.
- Transparency register for all companies
- Insolvency law: indebtedness pursuant to section 19 (2) sentence 1 InsO
- The EU's Russia sanctions
- Payment for licence plate advertising is remuneration
- Employees can be transferred abroad permanently
- Implementation of electronic time recording
- Unemployment benefit after dismissal?
- Equal pay
- Interest on tax demands and refunds at 6% p.a. unconstitutional
- Data owned by employer
- Weakening of tenants' rights
- Right of withdrawal for brokerage contracts
- BFH, ruling of 23 March 2016, IV R 9/14: Investment deduction amount
- Cartel damage
- Right abuse
- Setting a deadline
- Protection of third parties
- Internet sales platform
- Bonus payments
- Formal requirements in general terms and conditions
- Termination of a management employment
- No cosmetic repairs at the apartment despite "renovation agreement"
- Income tax return due to loan default
- ECJ ruling on copyright infrigements on Youtube
- Gift invalid without notarial certification
- Minimum subsistence Germany 2019-2020
- revocability of employment termination agreements
- Cover under legal expenses insurance
- Termination without notice
- Labour law: leave
- Immigration of qualified staff
- Unpaid leave
- Tax law: liability of a foreign company in germany
- Custom law ruling
- Labour law: compensation adjustment for lawyer fees
- Termination without notice
- Tenancy law
- Immediate notice of dismissal
- Damages in case of violation of a jurisdiction agreement
- Corona quarantine: legal aspects
- No termination without notice
- Labour law decisions around Corona
- Dismissal due to Covid 19 quarantine invalid