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An order for security for costs serves as a procedural safeguard, ensuring that a claimant can cover the respondent's legal costs should the claim be unsuccessful.

In response to the initial outbreak of COVID-19 several countries declared a state of emergency.

With the Eurozone's economic landscape showing signs of strain, lenders are urged to prioritise their collections operations. The combination of a maturing credit cycle, rising living costs.

Management teams have found themselves confronted by a whole new world of perilous risks since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Austria has a long tradition of employee's rights. Ever since, employee associations have been strongly committed to the interests of employees and most of the legal rules aim to protect employees.

Das COVID-19-GesG sowie dessen Durchführungsverordnung (COVID-19-GesV) bringen gewisse Erleichterungen zur Abhaltung von Versammlungen von Gesellschaftern und Organmitgliedern von...

Multi-jurisdictional merger control filings have gained in complexity in the recent past. For once, more and more countries around the world have introduced merger control regimes.

Welcome to our to the point newsletter. Every month we look back at the most relevant developments in the area of financial regulation in the CEE region.

On 15 December 2023, Austria's National Council of the Parliament (lower house) adopted the Flexible Company Act (Flexible-Kapitalgesellschafts-Gesetz, FlexKapGG)...

In summer 2021 the European Banking Authority published Draft Guidelines on the limited network exemption (LNE) under the Payment Service Directive 2 for consultation.

On 14 April 2025, the Council of the EU gave its final green light on the so-called "Stop‑the‑clock Directive" postponing the application dates of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU)...

Welcome to the October edition of Schoenherr's to the point: technology & digitalisation newsletter!

Welcome to the March edition of Schoenherr's to the point: technology & digitalisation newsletter (read online)! We are excited to present a selection of legal developments in the area of technology & digitalisation...

Dne 19. 7. 2024 nabyla účinnosti novela zákona o přeměnách, která do českého právního řádu transponovala s více než půlročním zpožděním evropskou směrnici týkající se přeshraničních přeměn.

Mergers (incl. takeovers) and de-mergers (spin-offs and splits), share transfers and business (going concern) transfers are regulated, on a general level, by the Commerce Act.

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Public bids are regulated under the 1999 Takeover Act (TA), as thoroughly amended by the 2006 TA Amendment Act.

In Austria, approximately 1,700 judges decide civil and criminal matters in first, second, and third instance courts. In civil proceedings, District Courts (Bezirksgerichte) and High Courts (Landesgerichte) act as first instance courts, depending on the value of the matter in dispute and the subject of the litigation.