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13. 02. 2020

Per rollam decision-making in the Amendment to the Business Corporations Act

In the Collection of Laws was on 13 February 2020 published the first major amendment to Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Commercial Companies and Cooperatives (Business Corporations Act), as amended (hereinafter “BCA”), which will (predominantly) come into effect on 1 January 2021. The amendment, inter alia, substantially changes the adoption of any general meeting’s decisions …

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31. 01. 2020

What changes will the Amendment to Business Corporations Act brings?

The first major amendment to Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Commercial Companies and Cooperatives (Business Corporations Act), as amended (the “Amendment”), of which we informed you already last year, was on 29 January 2020 signed by the President of the Czech Republic and will be published in the Collection of Laws in the coming days. …

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27. 01. 2020

Expected amendment to the Labour Code submitted to legislators – summary of planned changes

Introduction Year 2019 was a year full of great, but in many ways unfulfilled, expectations for labour law, the government’s amendment to the Czech Act No. 262/2006 Coll., the Labour Code, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “Labour Code”) has been subject to extensive discussions as its content was supposed to adapt labour law …

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22. 01. 2020

Strengthening of consumer protection in light of technological and digital developments

At the beginning of this year, Directive (EU) 2019/2161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the “Accompanying Directive“) entered into force, amending four existing EU consumer directives – Directive 93/13/EEC (on unfair terms in consumer contracts), Directive 98/6/EC (on consumer protection in the indication of …

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