Tag: Social security

Legal basis for start-ups As the founder of a start-up, you are confronted with a multitude of legal issues that are crucial to the success ...

Internationalization offers start-ups enormous growth opportunities, but also brings with it complex legal challenges. Successful market entry abroad requires careful planning and consideration of the ...

The gig economy has experienced an enormous boom in recent years and is increasingly shaping the modern working world. Start-ups and freelancers in particular are ...

As a lawyer who represents many tournament organizers, esports players and esports teams, I realize that the issue of taxation of esports tournament winnings is ...

TikTok: An overview TikTok is the world's fastest growing platform for creatives. There are several ways to become an influencer on TikTok. As an Influencer, ...

Introduction: Why are esports teams vulnerable to liability risks from independent players? Esports teams are at high risk when working with sham players. This risk ...

Recently, it has happened more and more that larger streamers but especially marketing agencies, influencer agencies or managers have to deal with the question whether ...

This article addresses a specific issue in German law regarding the legal status of e-sports players. But it is also about the issue of professionalization ...

On the subject of player contracts, I have already written a great many here on the blog, e.g. on the subject of employee or contractor. ...

On the topic of when and whether an esports team should consider a player an employee or a contractor, I've written quite a bit here ...

Dependent employees are subject to social security contributions. This also applies to home workers, even if their job requires a higher qualification, as in the ...

In line with my article from yesterday regarding possible reclaim claims from clients against contractors, I received an inquiry from a "self-employed person", an "entrepreneur" ...

What legal form should you aim for if you want to start or professionalize an esports team? The answer to that is actually a classic ...

Even if it is always such a thing to call something a new field of law, but at the latest with the second Esport Law ...

Ohweia: Federal Labor Court: If a supposedly freelance employment relationship subsequently turns out to be an employment relationship, it cannot usually be assumed that the ...

There are more and more freelancers in Germany, and as the general Corona hysteria continues to promote remote working, more and more people might get ...

In Germany, we live under federalism, and therefore the various state banks and other institutions in this country are what counts. States have begun posting ...

Recently I wrote a few key points about what you might have to consider when signing a contract for a player transfer in esports. However, ...

I recently reported, admittedly somewhat outside my area of law, that you would need an A1 certificatefor business trips in other EU countries. The bureaucratic ...

Many companies make use of sales representatives, in one form or another, sometimes obviously (see the well-known vacuum cleaner sales representative), sometimes less obviously. The ...