New provisions to the Code of Civil Procedure are intended to facilitate the recovery of creditor claims and to strengthen the protection of creditors after judgement validation.

Another amendment to the Polish Industrial Property Law will come into force on 15 April 2016. This comes in addition to the already significant changes that came into force in 2015.

On June 1, 2017 new provisions on class actions will come into force in Poland.

It is highly criticized that the General Counsel can act also on behalf of commercial companies partially owned by the State Treasury selected at the discretion of the Government.

Poland's Minister of Finance announced that the application of a retail sector tax will be suspended following the EC's decision on opening an in-depth investigation and issuance of an interim injunction.

The "debt discharge" (darea in plata) allows for the discharge in full of any loans contracted by a natural person and secured by a mortgage arrangement, including any accessories in connection therewith.

In December 2016, the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics issued a decision for the introduction, of a fee for registering ".ro" domains...

On 25 May 2018 the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia adopted the anticipated Law on the Central Register of Ultimate Beneficial Owners (the "Law").

Recently, a Class Action Act was adopted which will take effect as of 21 April 2018.

On 15 October 2016, the Austrian Constitutional Court held that the Austrian gambling monopoly does not infringe upon the freedom to provide services under art.

Due to the complexity of white collar crime nowadays, the public prosecutor requires a lot of information in order to understand and prosecute the case.

The Austrian Ministry of Finance recently summarized the cases where residence certificates issued on non-Austrian forms will be accepted.

The double taxation treaty concluded between Austria and Germany contains a special provision deviating from the OECD Model Convention on the tax treatment of remunerations for employees living and working across the border ...

The Hungarian Supreme Court ruled on the conditions when the issuance of a fictitious invoice does not trigger value added tax.

The branch jurisdiction does not tax the foreign source interest income attributed to the branch.

The wealth management foundation regime was introduced into Hungarian law in March 2019 as a new asset protection and estate planning vehicle, which should serve as an alternative to similar foreign structures.

Yesterday, the Bulgarian Parliament adopted the Anti-Money Laundering Act.

The Croatian Lobbying Act (Official Gazette 36/2024, the "Act") entered into force on 1 October 2024, marking Croatia's first comprehensive regulation of lobbying activities.

The expansion of renewable energy sources, particularly photovoltaic (PV) systems, has been a cornerstone of Hungary's strategy to diversify its energy portfolio and achieve sustainability objectives.

On 19 September 2019, the Polish Personal Data Protection Office ("UODO") announced the imposition highest fine to date for violation of personal data protection regulations.