Hidden between the lines of the Amendments to the Commercial Code, which will become effective from 1 January 2012.

From 2016 until 2021, HRUŠKA concluded supply contracts with groceries producers which frequently contained clauses obliging the producers to provide a "full-scale service".

The Office for the Protection of Competition ("Office") imposed a fine of CZK 97 million (approx. EUR 4 million) on the company GARLAND distributor, s.r.o. ("GARLAND")...

Inspectors of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) succeeded in proving unfair commercial practices carried out by the seller of food supplements BEAUTY LINE s.r.o...

Our local expert outlines the Collection of Deeds requirement in the Czech Republic and explains the consequences for companies that do not file the required documents.

May 2025 – We are pleased to release our Franchising Law Handbook—a comprehensive guide developed by Kinstellar's team...

From the selected decisions made in the corporate sphere in 2017, it follows that higher-level courts are adhering to their existing interpretative practices.

Companies can now increase their share capital without having to obtain an expert valuation of non-monetary contributions.

Proposals are being debated by the Czech Parliament to allow companies to provide financial assistance for the acquisition of their own shares in certain circumstances.

On 20 January, Kinstellar's Prague team hosted an online conference entitled "Changes to legislation 2021" – a conference for our clients' senior management as well as for our business partners.

As of 1 June 2012 the Prague Stock Exchange has created a special market segment – START.

Directive (EU) 2022/2464 on corporate sustainability reporting (the "CSRD") was adopted at the end of 2022 and entered into force in January 2023, with a transposition deadline of 6 July 2024.

From 1 January 2020, issuers listed on EU regulated markets must prepare and publish their consolidated financial statements in the so-called European Single Electronic Format (ESEF).

The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic as a court of third instance confirmed the decision of the Regional Court in Ostrava and High Court of Appeal in Olomouc that it was really a question of an unfair competition if a competitor (in this case defendants) used for marking arms by a denomination consisting of letters "CZ" and completed by numerical or perhaps other denomination, which the plaintiff had previously used for marking arms in the course of his entrepreneurial activity.

October 2020 – The Czech Data Protection Authority (the "DPA") has imposed a fine totaling 6,000,000 CZK (approximately 250,000 EUR) to a car dealership for its repeated distribution...

The past year has seen a flurry of regulatory developments related to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), particularly in the alignment of climate, environmental and reporting...