Attorneys at law Borenius has drafted an assessment report to the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry regarding necessary amendments to the liability system in the animal feed legislation.

The new Finnish Mining Act has entered into force on 1 July 2011.

The new Finnish Mining Act has entered into force on 1 July 2011.

New tax rates

The expansion of the generic top-level (gTLD) domain space will impose new challenges for trademark owners.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently handed down a judgment in the case C-128/11 UsedSoft v. Oracle.

Arbitration is often the preferred method of dispute resolution especially because the arbitration award is final and binding upon the parties when rendered.

The Finnish Government has agreed on the budget framework for the next four years. In order to balance the state economy, the Government has decided on economic measures of EUR 2,7 billion.

European Data Protection Authorities, assembled in the Article 29 Working Party, adopted an opinion on cloud computing in which they analyse relevant data protection issues for cloud computing customers and cloud computing service providers operating in the European Economic Area.

On 6 July 2012, the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court ("SAC") issued and published an advance ruling (KHO:2012:56) concerning back-and-forth stock trading.

The Finnish Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) gave on 27 April 2011 a preliminary ruling (KHO:2011:42) based on which a Singaporean subsidiary could not be treated as a controlled foreign company (CFC) in the taxation of a Finnish company in tax year 2009.

As of tomorrow, 1 June 2023, new amendments to the Finnish Occupational Safety and Health Act will enter into force. The aim of these amendments is to e.g. promote the work endurance...

Natural values and their protection were included in the Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen’s government programme as an area for improvement.

The Finnish Supreme Administrative Court has on 30 December 2011 issued a ruling (SAC 2011:118) regarding the dispensation procedure relating to the possibility of use of tax losses despite a qualified change in ownership in a company.

The bill amending Finnish tonnage tax legislation has been passed by the Finnish parliament and the new regime has entered into force as of 1 March 2012.

On 6 June 2008 the Finnish Government issued a Bill to amend the current CFC legislation.

The Finnish Employment Contracts Act and Posted Workers Act were amended as from 1 March 2012. The purpose of the amendments of law is to promote the equal treatment of temporary employees as well as equal competitive position of companies.

A recent ruling of the Finnish Supreme Court changed the interpretation on how tort liability can be used as a means of recourse of remediation costs.

Borenius successfully represented a client in a matter concerning the right to deduct VAT for stock market listing costs.