On 12 February 2015, Advocate General (AG) Kokott published her non-binding opinion in a preliminary ruling referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the interpretation of the “article” concept under REACH Regulation (1907/2006/EC). The case was referred to the Court from the French Conseil d’État in early…
In late 2014, the trade associations for the Med-Tech and Diagnostics industries in Europe have recommended phasing out…
At today’s meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council (“FAC”), the EU reiterated its readiness to designate “spoilers of the…
Baker & McKenzie has released its first global client survey on Social Media. Based on the responses from international clients across a range of 14 sectors the report highlights how corporate social media use stands at a critical point in its development. While the understanding of how and where social media…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on December 2, 2014 released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery…
On 3 December 2014, Transparency International (“TI”) launched its latest Corruption Perceptions Index (“CPI”) 2014. The CPI ranks countries…
GCB is a landmark judgment with important implications for the European Commission and member states applying EU competition law, as well as the companies whose arrangements are scrutinised by those agencies.[1] The judgment applies the brakes to the Commission’s expansive approach to the notion of when a restriction is anticompetitive…
On 1 July 2014, new whistleblower regulations came into force in Slovakia. By adopting a new Act No.…
Disclosure of environmental, human rights and social risks is moving from its home between the glossy pages of voluntary reports into the hard-nosed realm of mandatory legal requirements, as evidenced by recent developments in the European Union and India.
17 July 2014 – The recent amendment to the Civil Code, No. 106/2014 Coll., which entered into force on June 1, 2014, aims at tightening the rules on consumer protection in several aspects. The amendment deals with matters that foreign investors are often faced with while doing business in Slovakia.…