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A major amendment to Slovak Act No. 153/1991 Coll. Commercial Code (the "Commercial Code") and related legislation entered into force on 1 October 2020.

As a part of its anti-corruption agenda, the Slovak government introduced a contracts publication duty as from 1 January 2011. Various practical difficulties have emerged since then.

Slovak Banks are currently subject to legislative restrictions and consumer claims, mainly for charges and arbitration clauses.

The Slovak Commercial Code has recently been amended, with the new measures put into effect gradually in November 2017 and January 2018.

January 2025 – With effect from 15 January 2025, Slovak Act No. 297/2008 Coll. on the Protection against Legalisation of Proceeds from Crime and on the Protection against Financing of Terrorism (the AML Act).

Counterfeiting is not an abstract threat for brands like Louis Vuitton. It is an everyday reality. LV's signature monogram and its iconic brown-and-gold palette are among the most copied visual identities in the world. Protecting them is not optional, it is existential. But as LV's enforcement record grows, so does a more complicated question: where does protection end and overclaiming begin?

The Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic has presented a draft of a new Act on the Commercial Register (the Draft Act), which should replace the currently valid and effective Act No. 530/2003 Coll.