Právní novinky

Czech Republic: Různé druhy podílů ve společnosti s ručením omezeným a limitace práv a povinností s nimi spojených S přijetím zákona o obchodních korporacích došlo v českém právu k uvolnění regulace společnosti s ručením omezeným. Jedním z důsledků je možnost, aby společníci s podíly ve společnosti spojili různá práva a

Latvia: New procedure for settling consumer claims in Latvia from 1 January 2016 The procedure for making and processing consumer claims against sellers (or service providers) has changed. The new rules can be described as better balancing sellers’ and consumers’ rights. In addition, the scope of administrative supervisory tasks vested

The new act on local development fees introduces another fee for builders. Municipalities will be able to impose a so-called “development fee” in their territory, in a part of their territory or in individual cadastral areas with a generally binding decree. The development fee will apply to every surface construction

Lithuania: The Supreme Court starts to apply the right of commercial agents to compensation in similar contractual relationships. In its decision of 12 February 2016 the Lithuanian Supreme Court turned a new page in Lithuanian legal history by awarding the same compensation that commercial agents are entitled to upon termination

As of 1 July 2016, legal entities are directly responsible under criminal law in Slovakia. In 2010, the concept of so-called indirect responsibility of legal entities under criminal law was introduced in Slovakia. Since this model did not correspond to international obligations and was quite “toothless” in practice, a separate