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Czech Republic: The Supreme Court's conclusions on what constitutes adequate consideration are not too helpful in practice One of the defining criteria which renders legal transactions of the debtor invalid under the Insolvency Act is the absence of adequate consideration. According to Sec. 240 (1) of the Insolvency Act, a

Czech Republic: Social and health insurance in the case of workers posted abroad During secondments abroad, an employee performs work on behalf and on the account of his or her domestic employer on the territory of another Member State. The social security aspects of such secondments, or postings, are addressed

Czech Republic: A new tool in the fight against corruption – bribers who report a case of passive corruption may under certain circumstances escape punishment Until recently, both promising and actually giving a bribe constituted a criminal offense, and as such always had to be prosecuted by law enforcement, even

Czech Republic: Amendment to the Senate's legislative measure concerning the property transfer tax takes effect as of 1 November 2016 A long-awaited amendment concerning the property transfer tax has become law upon its promulgation in the Collection of Laws on 5 August 2016 (Amendment No. 254/2016 Coll. to the Senate's

Lithuania: bnt attorneys-at-law supported the German insolvency administrator on sale of business of the insolvent German Kurz group. Lawyers from bnt attorney-at-law’s M&A and insolvency practices advised and represented German insolvency office holder Martin Mucha from German law firm Grub Brugger & Partner and his team in the successful sale