In recent years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations have become a core element of corporate strategy across the European Union (EU).

Starting in 2013, several investment treaty claims have been filed in the field of renewable energy against several European countries, alleging a breach of the Energy Charter Treaty.

The "contracts of choice" for the world's most high-profile construction and infrastructure projects have been updated.

A recent Supreme Court decision ruled that a patient may sue not only the hospital operator for medical malpractice, but also its liability insurer directly.

Am 9. November 2018 hat die österreichische Datenschutzbehörde eine Liste mit Verarbeitungsvorgängen veröffentlicht, welche in jedem Fall eine Datenschutz-Folgenabschätzung ("DSFA") erfordern.

On 29 June 2016, the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court ruled that tax losses of foreign group members have to be calculated on the basis of an opening balance sheet set up...

On 7 March 2018 the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission ("CPC") announced a sector inquiry into the banking sector in Bulgaria covering the period from 2015 to end of 2017.

The Polish Parliament has adopted an act that became effective 1 January 2019 and shortens the retention period of human resource files and allows them to be stored in an electronic form.

Ukrainian competition law currently lacks guidance on various legal questions, including vertical restraints; legal uncertainty exists even with regard to clauses regularly used in distribution agreements in other jurisdictions.

Die gesetzliche Frist für die erstmalige Meldung zum Wirtschaftliche Eigentümer Register ist am 1.6.2018 abgelaufen.

In any case, such claims shall become time-barred 6 years after the act of infringement occurred.

The Austrian Supreme Court had to deal with a rather rare dispute recently over the balance between an individual's personality right and medical research interests (OGH 8 Ob 56/l7v, 23 March 2018).

Can unlawfully obtained video recordings be presented as evidence in civil proceedings?

After extensive public consultations and parliamentary procedures, on 24 January 2019 the law implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data ...

The first quarter of 2024 saw the M&A market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) closely mirror broader global economic trends. Much like the rest of Europe, the CEE region experienced a slowdown in economic activity...

In export-import trade transactions across Europe, sellers commonly protect their assets by retaining the title of ownership until the buyer has paid the full purchase price.

In europaweiten Export-Import-Geschäften schützenVerkäufer ihre zu verkaufenden Vermögenswerte häufig, indem siedas Eigentum bis zur vollständigen Bezahlung durch den Käufer vorbehalten.

Due to the implementation of GDPR, new provisions have been added to the Polish Labor Code ("Act") which, among others, regulate the monitoring of employees. We present information...

On 18 November 2018, Law no. 310/2018 for amending and supplementing the Romanian Civil Procedure Code ("RCPC") was published in the Official Gazette.

Decision no. 161/09/10/2018 of The National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing, on the approval of the Investigations Procedure entered into force on the 23rd of October 2018, in accordance with ...