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One subscription, one allowance — the firm shares the AI pool
Until now a firm subscription silently multiplied the monthly AI allowance per head — and conversely a free firm plan could devalue a paid individual subscription. Both have been corrected: a shared pot across all active members, purchased token packages included, with the higher-ranking plan prevailing. Two allowances, however, expressly remain per lawyer.
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Checking Your 2025 Utility Bill (Nebenkostenabrechnung): Deadlines, the Most Common Errors — and When You Don't Have to Pay
Two twelve-month deadlines decide whether you owe a top-up payment — and a substantial share of utility bills contain errors. Here's how to check the allocation formula, the recoverable cost items, and the deadlines before you pay.
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13 new contracts — from home office to game development
Thirteen new contract templates, from the home-office agreement through the privacy policy to the game development contract. More important than the catalogue is a corrected access error: in the private view, contract creation could not be found at all until now. And we have switched off country versions for Austria and Switzerland that were country versions in name only.
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Is your legal AI a high-risk system? Annex III examined soberly
The high-risk provision for legal AI attaches to the judicial authority — the words “law firm” do not appear in Annex III. Why most firm tools are therefore not high-risk systems, what price the exceptions in Art. 6 Abs. 3 carry, and by what inconspicuous route firms nevertheless end up in this category.
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Rental deposit not returned? How long the landlord may take
There is no statutory period for repaying the deposit — the much-quoted “six months” is case law, not statutory text. Anyone wanting to limit the landlord’s room for manoeuvre therefore argues by way of other periods: the short six-month limitation of his claims for damages, the twelve-month period for the service charge statement, and the interest that has long been yours.
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An inheritance with debts? Six weeks to disclaim — and what applies afterwards
An inheritance passes to you automatically: anyone who does nothing has accepted it after six weeks — debts included, and in principle with their own assets. When the period actually starts to run, why an email to the Nachlassgericht (probate court) is worthless, whom the disclaimer hits next, and what routes exist for limiting liability instead of giving everything up.
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What does AI cost in a law firm — and what does it really save?
Is AI worth it for your firm? The honest answer is a calculation with two sides — and the cost side is more than the monthly price. We show what AI genuinely takes off your plate day to day, how to estimate the break-even without made-up figures, and why the question is no longer whether, but which task first.
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“Is that the same person?” — duplicates in the fact graph
“Max Mustermann”, “M. Mustermann” and “Herr Mustermann” were, until recently, three separate nodes in the fact graph of a case file. Three independent signals now detect possible duplicates — and the function deliberately merges nothing by itself. For sums of money and dates it is switched off: 12,500 and 12,600 euros are very similar and guaranteed to be different.
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Is Your Tradesperson's Invoice Too High? How to Check the Invoice and Cost Estimate — and Push Back the Right Way
Invoice higher than the cost estimate, an inflated call-out fee, excessive minute-by-minute billing? Here's how to check the quote and invoice line by line, make the right deductions — and avoid an expensive dunning procedure.
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From draft to reply — a letter does not end at the PDF
Most tools stop at the PDF they have generated. Here the process carries on: dispatch, the deadline and the analysis of the reply that comes back. Only what there is a genuine signal for is ticked off — the dispatch marker you have set and a reply actually uploaded. All the other steps deliberately remain without a tick, even if you completed them long ago.
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Gewährleistung or Garantie? Otherwise the difference will cost you money
Gewährleistung (the statutory liability for defects) is directed against the seller and cannot be excluded where new goods are sold to consumers — a Garantie (guarantee) is a voluntary extra, usually from the manufacturer. Anyone who confuses the two complains to the wrong address. Also: why the reversal of the burden of proof has run for twelve instead of six months since 2022, and when a period of one year is effectively agreed for second-hand goods.
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Incorrect Schufa entry? How to demand information, correction and erasure
Schufa (the German credit reference agency) is not a public authority but a private company subject to the GDPR — and from that follow three enforceable rights in a fixed order. Why you should request the free copy of your data rather than the paid credit report, why the familiar three-year periods are not in the statute, and what the CJEU decided at the end of 2023 about scoring and discharge of residual debt.
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Received a Debt Collection Letter? Genuine or a Scam — How to Spot Dubious Claims in 5 Minutes
A debt collection letter in your mailbox – genuine or a scam? A seven-point checklist lets you check its legitimacy and the fees charged, work out where you stand, and avoid the one genuinely costly mistake: ignoring it.
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