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Publication
The new Ober-Haus Real Estate Market Report 2019 is now available online. Our Real Estate & Construction team contributed to preparation of the annual report covering the Baltic Capitals – Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn. The overview focuses on the office, commercial, storage and residential premises markets, as well as on land plots in each of […]
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The Court: summarised working time cannot be applied for part-time employees On 2 February 2019, the Civil Cases Department of the Latvian Supreme Court published a judgment (case No. C29688412, SKC-1818/2014) to the effect that recording summarised working time under Section 140(1) of the Labour Law refers only to full-time employees. The Civil Cases Department came to the […]
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By 14 January 2019 the Member States of the European Union (EU) had to implement the New European Union Trade Mark Directive 2015/2436 of 16 December 2015 (the Trade Mark Directive). So, by now the Member States had to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with most of the […]
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Very soon, the first year will have passed since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. Last year, many companies were busy arranging documentation and data processing procedures in line with GDPR requirements. Preparing for the GDPR was partly driven by the heavy fines, which have been a hot topic of discussion, not […]
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When public entities get involved in business, private companies may face an unequal contest. The rules of combat are affected by advantages enjoyed by public entities or companies that they establish ‒ advantages that private companies do not enjoy. Some indicators of how to recognise a public entity that distorts competition and the unfair behaviour […]
