The Finnish Act on Co-operation within Undertakings mandates co-operation negotiations between employers and employees.

The Court of Appeals in Vaasa, Finland dismissed bribery charges brought against a manager of Wärtsilä Group.

The war in Ukraine causes problems in the availability of raw materials and complicates the operation of production, distribution, and supply chains extensively, as...

The Market Court prohibited a distributor from using marks confusingly similar to registered trademarks of former principle based on unfair business practices act.

The Directive on Consumer Rights (2011/83/EC) will replace the Directive on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts (97/7/EC) and the Directive to protect consumer in respect of contracts negotiated away from business premises (85/577/EEC) as of 13 June 2014.

In December 2012, the Finnish Competition Authority proposed that a 70 million euro fine be levied on Valio for abuse of dominant position in the production and wholesale market of fresh milk.

The Finnish Supreme Court has ruled on environmental liability in four different cases after the Act on Compensation for Environmental Damage came into effect in 1995.

The Finnish Sale of Goods Act (355/1987) is applicable when both of the parties to a contract of sale are Finnish, or when in the contract it is expressly stated that the contract is to be governed by Finnish law.

The Supreme Court and the Labor Court of Finland recently issued judgments concerning an employee’s inappropriate behavior as grounds for terminating the employment.

In its decision 2011:74, the Supreme Court of Finland considered, inter alia, the international jurisdiction of Finnish courts.

The Court of Appeal of Helsinki held that products containing markings with four stripes infringed the well-known three-stripe mark of Adidas.

Finland first entered the era of modern competition policy in the late 1980’s when the Finnish Competition Authority (FCA) was established.

The Supreme Court has taken a position on the binding nature of a contract in a ruling 2013:47, in which the founding shareholder had, "during the construction stage", entered into the contract with the contractor in the name of the housing company.

A discussion on the most recent efforts of the Finnish authorities to the reverse charge system in value added taxation, the identity card, the individual tax number and the tax number register, in order to prevent black market economic activity and economic offences in the construction sector.

The new Competition Act entered into force in Finland on 1 November 2011, and it introduces a number of amendments to merger control provisions aimed at harmonizing the Finnish rules with EU rules.