On 13 October 2021, the Swedish Parliament adopted a new law with supplementary provisions to the EU Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) for business.

After many years of policy debates and legislative activity in Brussels, the food sector will now be covered by new sector-specific rules.

An employer denied an employee, who was on annual leave, the right to deduct four days of the annual leave when the employee’s child had been sick and the employee was entitled to leave with temporary parental allowance pursuant to the Parental Leave Act.

An IT-consulting company (the "Company") claimed at the District Court that the Court should prohibit a former employee (the "Employee") from running a certain business with a conditional fine and also claimed (i) damages due to breach of the non-compete obligation that the Employee had entered into in connection with the signing of the employment contract, and (ii) damages due to breach of the Protection of Trade Secrets Act.

Two Muslim women, who wore head cloths, were employed as temporary receptionists at a non-profit sports club (the "Sports Club").

On 1 May 2010 new rules on the coordination of social security systems within the European Union started to apply by the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and No 987/2009.

The Ministry of Employment is proposing a new Act on European Works Councils which will replace the current act from 6 June 2011.

A company (the "Company") which conducted a cleaning operation had, since the cleaning assignments had decreased, been affected by shortage of work which resulted in four employees being made redundant.

A company (the "Company") had been undertaking real estate development projects and its subsidiary (the "Subsidiary") had been contracted to perform building operations in relation to these development projects.

We are witnessing a legal avalanche relating to business and human rights. Our Business and Human Rights Updates will keep you advised of initiatives of relevance to your business.

We are witnessing a legal avalanche relating to business and human rights. Our Business and Human Rights Updates will keep you advised of initiatives of relevance to your business.

We are witnessing a legal avalanche relating to business and human rights. Our Business and Human Rights Updates will keep you advised of initiatives of relevance to your business.

The following cybersecurity overview covers six jurisdictions (the US, the EU, Germany, France, Australia and Mexico).

In January, Swedish firm Mannheimer Swartling announced a change in its bonus scheme for associates.

Womble Carlyle attorney John Branson's published article "Damages in Investment Arbitration—A Fundamental Examination of Chorzow's Children", has been included in the textbook Investment Treaty...

Miljöbrott, korruption, sexuella trakasserier.

In recent years, many countries have introduced or broadened their existing foreign direct investment ("FDI") screening systems, allowing governments and authorities to control certain foreign...