Aktuális jogi híreink

Estonia: A series of changes lowering the administrative burden of micro- and smaller enterprises has been implemented from 1 January 2016. From now on the Accounting Act defines enterprises by their size. A micro company is a company with assets up to 175 000 euro, its obligations do not exceed available

Czech Republic: Is the sale of used software to a third party without the author's authorization permitted or prohibited? According to the Directive on the legal protection of computer programs (2009/24/EC), the right to distribute copies of a computer program (software) is exhausted by the first sale of a copy

Czech Republic: A government decree has come into force which defines the terms "standard maintenance" and "minor repairs" in connection with the use of (rental) apartments. As at 1 January 2016, a government decree has come into force on the definition of the terms standard maintenance and minor repairs in

Belarus: Amendments introduced to legal regulation of social insurance for foreign nationals.  Presidential Decree no. 534 of 31 December 2015, which entered into force on 1 January 2016, requires foreign nationals and stateless people who are self-employed individuals or work in Belarus to pay state social insurance on the same

In recent years, there has been a big jump in the implementation of compliance programs in US as well as in many EU countries. The most probable reason for that is that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), grants the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities and Exchange