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30. 03. 2021

Increased risk of liability of members of the statutory body in the event of the insolvency of a business corporation after 1 January 2021

With this article, we would like to start a very current topic of the transformation of insolvency, which occurred after 1 January 2021 in connection with the amendment to the Business Corporations Act. The article deals with the topic of direct liability of members of the statutory body of business corporations for the insolvency. The amendment …

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22. 03. 2021

What changes does the new Pandemic Act bring to the fight against COVID-19?

On 26 February 2021, a new and widely discussed Act No. 94/2021 Coll., on emergency measures during the COVID-19 disease epidemic and on the amendment of certain related acts (hereinafter referred to as the “Pandemic Act”) was promulgated, with effect from the following day, 27 February 2021. Therefore, we will take a look below at the …

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05. 03. 2021

Amendment to the Act on the Registration of Beneficial Owners – summary of the major changes

In our previous articles, we have kept you informed about the development of new legislation in connection with the registration of beneficial owners, which responds to the obligation to transpose Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the …

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23. 02. 2021

Whistleblowing according to the current Czech bill on whistleblower protection

Whistleblowing – or the protection of whistleblowers – is currently governed by Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council from 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (the Whistleblowing Directive) (“Directive”) and the Member States of the European Union are obliged to transpose it …

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